The kanji 差: meaning, readings and stroke order

差

Meaning: difference, hold (umbrella)
On reading: サ sa
Kun reading: さ（す） sasu
Strokes: 10
Radical: 工 work
Level: Level 4 · grade 4

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: chênh lệch, che (ô) (sai)
Japanese: ちがい。かさをさす。
Korean: 차이, (우산을) 쓰다 (차)
Chinese: 差别、打（伞）

Readings, words and example sentences

サ sa · on reading

大たい差さ
a big gap, by a lot
大たい差さで勝ちました。
We won by a lot.

さ（す） sasu · kun reading

差さす
to hold up (an umbrella)
雨がふってきたのでかさを 差さします。
It started to rain, so I put up my umbrella.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.