This character is also pronounced chā when the meaning is more specifically "difference" as in the word 差別 chābié.
Mnemonic
[ch-] Charlie Brown is in the [4] bathroom of the [-a] auditorium, dressed up as a 羊 sheep for the play that is going on. A real 羊 sheep comes in and, realizing he 差 differs from other 羊 sheep, hits him with a 工 cross-beam. He is mad that Charlie Brown is trying to steal their 羊 sheep identity. The fact that humans and 羊 sheep差 differ must be preserved.