Read Edit View history 差 chàchācīchāi HSK1 to differ Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Depicts grain (來) being rolled between the fingers in the left hand (左). Based on the original meaning "rub between fingers", now written as 搓. The meaning later shifted to "uneven" and "error". Pinyin Separate values with commas chà ×chā ×chāi × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Depicts grain. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 差 Simp strokes 差 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 差 Simp strokes 差 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 差 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 359, 780 ], [ 430, 731 ], [ 444, 708 ] ], [ [ 615, 844 ], [ 635, 824 ], [ 643, 805 ], [ 581, 735 ], [ 533, 692 ] ], [ [ 303, 617 ], [ 345, 609 ], [ 383, 611 ], [ 496, 627 ], [ 644, 658 ], [ 709, 660 ] ], [ [ 312, 486 ], [ 362, 477 ], [ 621, 519 ], [ 682, 513 ] ], [ [ 182, 345 ], [ 203, 338 ], [ 240, 337 ], [ 526, 379 ], [ 763, 401 ], [ 836, 382 ] ], [ [ 428, 590 ], [ 459, 572 ], [ 472, 557 ], [ 437, 401 ], [ 386, 270 ], [ 302, 145 ], [ 243, 87 ], [ 161, 32 ], [ 101, 8 ] ], [ [ 401, 233 ], [ 463, 233 ], [ 641, 264 ], [ 689, 264 ] ], [ [ 515, 217 ], [ 538, 191 ], [ 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