difference; discrepancy / (math.) difference (amount remaining after a subtraction) / (literary) a little; somewhat; slightly

= + : Charlie Chapling is juggling steel beams in front of the ashram. A sheep is making an error bar graph representing Charlie's number of tries to juggle as long as possible without letting the beams fall down.
different / wrong; mistaken / to fall short; to lack / not up to standard; inferior / Taiwan pr. [cha1]
to send (on an errand) / (archaic) person sent on such an errand / job; official post
used in 參差|参差[cen1 ci1]

差 character breakdown

work / worker / skill / profession / trade / craft / labor

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a steel beam, since 工 looks like the cross section of a steel beam.

Gitta Giraffe (gu) is working a shift in front of the engine ((e)ng1). Her job is to melt dinosaur bones (丨) so that they can be disposed off easily. To melt the bones, she is shorting a huge capacitor (二) with a steel beam (工) which consequently heats up to a bright glow. Using the glowing hot steel beam she can melt the dinosaur bone easily.
surname Yang
sheep / goat / CL:頭|头[tou2],隻|只[zhi1]

= + : Maud Younger is looking for gender equality just inside the anglepod's kitchen—and a dowsing rod is her tool of choice. A sheep sees this and imitates her, using a Cartesian coordinate system as a dowsing rod substitute.

Characters with 差 as component

deliberate / to polish

= + : Kitty Cat (cu) is going to give a presentation at a meeting in front of the observatory (o1). To improve her presentation she is polishing (磋) her error bars (差) with a stone (石).
to rub or roll between the hands or fingers / to twist

= + : Kitty Cat (cu) is examining error bars (差) in front of the observatory (o1). She rubs (搓) and rolls (搓) the error bars with a toy claw (扌) to see if it easily breaks.
lofty (as of mountain)
a raft made of bamboo or wood / to fell trees / to hew
sigh / also pr. [jue1]
to error / to slip / to miss / to err
luster of gems
uneven / unsteady (in dancing)
name of a river
disease
to recover from disease

Words with 差

to report back after completion of one's mission
momentary slip / false step / ill-considered action
racial differences / racial discrimination
to adjust to a different time zone
word for word / verbatim
to not lack
not bad / OK

Sentences with 差

wǒ
shì
yù
dì
de
qi̅n
cha̅i