• 731st most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.03% to your reading coverage
  • 4 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 113 words
  • Component in 10 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. chā (cha1)difference • discrepancy • to differ • error • to err • to make a mistake
2. chà (cha4)to differ from • to fall short of • lacking • wrong • inferior
3. chāi (chai1)to send • to commission • messenger • mission
4. (ci1)uneven

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

出差 
差不多 
差距 
差点 (差點)
时差 (時差)

Uncommon

偏差 
反差 
差一点 (差一點)
差事 
差价 (差價)
差别 (差別)
差劲 (差勁)
差异 (差異)
差远 (差遠)
差错 (差錯)
差点儿 (差點兒)
温差 (溫差)
相差 
落差 
邮差 (郵差)
阴差阳错 (陰差陽錯)
隔三差五 

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  • 58th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.26% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 469 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shì (shi4)matter • thing • item • work • affair • CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for shì (shi4)The component is pronounced as 'shí' (shi2). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
2. Pronunciation clue for shì (shi4)The component is pronounced as 'shù' (shu4). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Example Words

Common

事实 (事實)
事情 
事业 (事業)
同事 
故事 
万事如意 (萬事如意)

Uncommon

世事 
事事 
事件 
事先 
事儿 (事兒)
事务 (事務)
事后 (事後)
事故 
事业有成 (事業有成)
事物 
事变 (事變)
事项 (事項)
人事 
做事 
共事 
凡事 
出事 
刑事 
启事 (啟事)
喜事 
回事 
执事 (執事)
坏事 (壞事)
好事 
实事 (實事)
小事 
屁事 
往事 
从事 (從事)
心事 
怎么回事 (怎麼回事)
懂事 
找事 
本事 
乐事 (樂事)
正事 
没事 (沒事)
没事儿 (沒事兒)
无所事事 (無所事事)
烦心事 (煩心事)
琐事 (瑣事)
当事人 (當事人)
百事可乐 (百事可樂)
糗事 
若无其事 (若無其事)
万事 (萬事)
万事大吉 (萬事大吉)
董事 
董事长 (董事長)
处事 (處事)
行事 
记事 (記事)
诸事 (諸事)
赛事 (賽事)
趣事 
军事 (軍事)
办事 (辦事)
闲事 (閑事)

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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