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differ

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

cha4 chà

Meaning


Primary

differ

Alternatives

to differ, differs, difference

Hint

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.

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