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差距

chājù

gap; difference

Two blocks of different heights
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Characters in this word

差 chà

Strokes
9
Radical
工 — labor, work
Made of
羊 sheep, goat 工 labor, work
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

距 jù

Strokes
11
Radical
足 — foot
Made of
足 foot 巨 large, huge, gigantic
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
More about the character 距

Example phrases

  • 差距很大。 Chā jù hěn dà. The gap is very big.
  • 我们有差距。 Wǒ men yǒu chā jù. There is a gap between us.
  • 差距不小。 Chā jù bù xiǎo. The gap is not small.

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