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Chinese symbol for “differ”

相差
xiāng chà
to differ

The closest CC-CEDICT match for differ is 相差 (xiāng chà), defined as: to differ.

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Characters and stroke order

相 xiāng
mutual, reciprocal; equal; each other
radical 109 ⽬ · 9 strokes
差 chà
difference, gap; almost, nearly; in error; an officer
radical 48 ⼯ · 10 strokes

Other Chinese words for “differ”

WordPinyinMeaning
不一bù yīto vary; to differ

Related words

Other words that share a character with 相差.

WordPinyinMeaning
相关 (相關)xiāng guānrelated; relevant
相信xiāng xìnto believe; to be convinced; to accept as true
相当 (相當)xiāng dāngequivalent to; appropriate
相同xiāng tóngidentical; same
相对 (相對)xiāng duìrelatively; opposite
互相hù xiāngeach other; mutually
差异 (差異)chā yìdifference; discrepancy
差不多chà bu duōalmost; nearly

See also: Japanese symbol for “differ”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.