差
chàTraditional: 差
#1694 of 5,000 Core 5000
Translation
poor, bad, inferior, to lack, to fall short
Word origin
An ancient character whose forms suggest grain ears of unequal length, giving the senses of difference, falling short and being inferior.
- Origin
- ideograph
- Root
- depiction of uneven grain ears, sense of difference
Stroke order
差
Examples
绩。
His grades are very poor.
八。
It is now five minutes to eight.
。
The service at this shop is terrible.
。
We are still one person short.
质。
You should not buy goods of poor quality.
差 (chà) means poor, bad or inferior, and also to lack or fall short of a target. As in 差五分 (five minutes short), it can mark a small remaining gap.
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Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 差.
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