差

Information about character(s)

Radical: 工
Radical Strokes: 3
Additional Strokes: 7
Total Strokes: 9

Pronunciation

Pinyin: chā, chà, chāi, chài, cī, cuō, jiē
Cantonese: caa1 caai1 ci1
JapaneseKun: SASU TAGAU TAGAI
JapaneseOn: SHI SA
Korean: CHA CHI
Vietnamese: sai

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: to differ; different, wrong; nearly, almost; an officer

CE-Dict: uneven

Soothill: To send; to differ, err; translit. ks (क्स्).

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.to err
2.to make mistake
cha
ㄔㄚ
1.difference
chai
ㄔㄞ
1.to send on an errand; to dispatch
2.an errand; a job

21 Century bidirectional science and technology dictionary: difference - 數

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: differ from; difference; dispatch; errand; mistake

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: difference; mistake; dispatch; errand; job

湘雅醫學專業詞典: diference;difference;equation

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《左部》差貳也。差不相值也。从左从𠂹。

康熙字典文字版 【寅集中】【工字部】差
〔古文〕𢀩【唐韻】【集韻】【韻會】初牙切【正韻】初加切，𠀤音杈。【說文】貳也，不相値也。【徐鍇曰】左于事，是不當値也。【廣韻】舛也。【韻會】差錯之義。【書•呂𠛬】察辭于差。【前漢•東方朔傳】失之毫釐，差以千里。　又【爾雅•釋詁】擇也。【釋文】差音㐅。【詩•小雅】旣差我馬。　又【廣韻】楚宜切【集韻】【韻會】叉宜切【正韻】叉茲切，𠀤音縒。【廣韻】次也，不齊等也。【后漢荀爽傳】天子娶十二，諸侯以下各有等差。　又【玉篇】參差，不齊也。【韻會】參差，亂絲貌。參相參爲參，兩相參爲差。【詩•周南】參差荇菜。【風俗通】舜作簫韶九成，鳳凰來儀，其形參差，象鳳翼。　又【韻會】參差，洞簫也。【楚辭•九歌】吹參差兮誰思。　又【韻會】差池，燕飛也。【詩•邶風】燕燕于飛，差池其羽。　又【唐韻】楚佳切。【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】初佳切，𠀤音釵。【韻會】差使也。【唐宣宗詔】凡役事委令輪差。　又擇也。【廣韻】𥳑也。【詩•𨻰風】穀旦于差。【釋文】差，鄭初佳反。王音嗟。徐七何反。　又【廣韻】差殊，亦不齊。【禮•王制】庶人在官者，其祿以是爲差。【釋文】差，初佳反。徐，初宜反。　又僭差。【周禮•春官•大宗伯】以軍禮同邦國。【註】同謂威其不協僭差者。【釋文】差，初佳反。　又【韻會】夫差，吳王名。　又差分，算法。【周禮•地官•九數註】有差分，今有重差。　又【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】𠀤倉何切，音磋。【集韻】淅也。【禮•喪大記】御者差沐于堂上。【註】差，淅也。淅飯米取其潘爲沐也。　又【韻補】差，過也。【屈原•離騷】湯禹儼而祗敬兮，周論道而莫差。　又【韻會】景差，楚人名。　又【廣韻】【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】𠀤楚懈切，釵去聲。【廣韻】病除也。【集韻】瘉也。【魏志•張遼傳】疾小差。　又【韻會】差，較也。【左傳•宣十二年註】拔旗投衡使不帆，風差輕。【釋文】差，初賣反。　又【集韻】楚嫁切，杈去聲。差異也。【韓愈•瀧吏詩】颶風有時作，掀簸眞差事。　又與磋通。【韻會】磋或作差。　又【集韻】古與嗟通。註詳口部十畫。
考證：〔【禮·喪大記】御者差沐于堂上。【註】差，淅也。淅飯米取其瀋爲沐也。〕　謹照原文瀋改潘。〔【屈原·離騷】湯禹儼而祗敬兮，同論道而莫差。〕　謹照原文同改周。

Japanese-English River and Water Resources Glossary difference

CF-Dict: différence/écart

Han-De-Dict: Posten, Amt, Anstellung (u.E.) (S)/jdm befehlen, etwas zu tun (u.E.) (V)/jdn mit etw beauftragen (u.E.) (V)/jdn schicken, etwas zu machen (u.E.) (V)