• 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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  • 409th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 158 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. jià (jia4)price • value • valence (on an atom)
2. jie (jie5)great • good • middleman • servant

Pronunciation Clues

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Example Words

Common

代价 (代價)
价值 (價值)
价格 (價格)
售价 (售價)
特价 (特價)
评价 (評價)
身价 (身價)

Uncommon

低价 (低價)
价位 (價位)
价值观 (價值觀)
价廉物美 (價廉物美)
价钱 (價錢)
加价 (加價)
半价 (半價)
单价 (單價)
报价 (報價)
天价 (天價)
定价 (定價)
差价 (差價)
市场价 (市場價)
平价 (平價)
廉价 (廉價)
性价比 (性價比)
房价 (房價)
标价 (標價)
比价 (比價)
油价 (油價)
涨价 (漲價)
无价 (無價)
物价 (物價)
物美价廉 (物美價廉)
票价 (票價)
股价 (股價)
还价 (還價)
降价 (降價)
高价 (高價)

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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.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.