1. 差
  2. 異

差

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Meta:

  1. 差 is the 731st most frequent character.
  2. 差 has 4 dictionary entries.
  3. 差 appears as a character in 65 words.
  4. 差 appears as a component in 10 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
差 => 羊, 工
Radical :
差 => 羊 (sheep), 工 (work)
Graphical :
差 => 一, 二, 丨, 丷, 一, 丨, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. cha1 - difference/discrepancy/to differ/error/to err/to make a mistake
  2. cha4 - to differ from/to fall short of/lacking/wrong/inferior
  3. chai1 - to send/to commission/messenger/mission
  4. ci1 - uneven

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

差 
差点 (差點)

Medium Frequency

出差 
差一点 (差一點)
差不多 
差别 (差別)
差劲 (差勁)
差异 (差異)
差距 
时差 (時差)
温差 (溫差)
相差 
落差 

Appears In:

差 also appears in:
搓磋嗟槎蹉鹾嵯艖瘥褨

異

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Meta:

  1. 異 is the 708th most frequent character.
  2. 異 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 異 appears as a character in 75 words.
  4. 異 appears as a component in 6 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
異 => 田, 共
Radical :
異 => 田 (field), 艹 (grass), 一 (one), 八 (eight/divide)
Graphical :
異 => 冂, 一, 丨, 一, 艹, 一, 八

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. yi4 - different/other/hetero-/unusual/strange/surprising/to distinguish/to separate/to discriminate

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 異 (yi4): The component 一 is pronounced as 'yi1'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

差异 (差異)
异 (異)
异地 (異地)
异常 (異常)
异性 (異性)
诡异 (詭異)

Medium Frequency

优异 (優異)
同分异构体 (同分異構體)
因人而异 (因人而異)
大同小异 (大同小異)
大放异彩 (大放異彩)
奇异 (奇異)
奇异果 (奇異果)
怪异 (怪異)
日新月异 (日新月異)
标新立异 (標新立異)
求同存异 (求同存異)
无异 (無異)
特异 (特異)
异化 (異化)
异口同声 (異口同聲)
异同 (異同)
异国 (異國)
异地恋 (異地戀)
异域 (異域)
异形 (異形)
异性恋 (異性戀)
异想天开 (異想天開)
异教徒 (異教徒)
异曲同工 (異曲同工)
异样 (異樣)
异母 (異母)
异物 (異物)
异能 (異能)
异议 (異議)
异乡 (異鄉)
见异思迁 (見異思遷)
讶异 (訝異)
诧异 (詫異)
变异 (變異)
离异 (離異)
灵异 (靈異)
惊异 (驚異)
党同伐异 (黨同伐異)

Appears In:

異 also appears in:
戴翼冀糞趩禩
Decomposition Levels:
Level 1: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3: 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.