Kanji: 差

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JLPT Level:	JLPT N3 (lower intermediate level)
Kanken Level:	Kanken Level 7 (completion of 4th grade)
Grade:	Taught during the 4th grade in Japan
Radical:	工 Radical name: たくみ
Meaning:	Distinction, difference, variation, discrepancy, margin, balance
Usage:	Appears frequently in Japanese newspapers, but about 450 kanji are used even more often.

JLPT Level	Word	Meaning
N5	交差点(こうさてん)	intersection
N5	差(さ)す	to stretch out hands, to raise an umbrella
N4	差(さ)し上(あ)げる	(polite) to give
N3	差(さ)	difference, variation
N3	差別(さべつ)	discrimination, distinction, differentiation
N2	交差(こうさ)	cross
N2	差(さ)し支(つか)え	hindrance, impediment
N2	差(さ)し引(ひ)き	deduction, subtraction, balance, ebb and flow, rise and fall
N2	日差(ひざ)し	sunlight, rays of the sun
N2	人差指(ひとさしゆび)	index finger
N2	物差(ものさ)し	ruler, measure
N1	格差(かくさ)	qualitative difference, disparity
N1	誤差(ごさ)	error
N1	差異(さい)	difference, disparity
N1	差額(さがく)	balance, difference, margin
N1	差(さ)し掛(か)かる	to come near to, to approach
N1	差(さ)し出(だ)す	to present, to submit, to tender, to hold out
N1	差(さ)し支(つか)える	to interfere, to hinder, to become impeded
N1	差(さ)し引(ひ)く	to deduct
N1	時差(じさ)	time difference
N1	指差(ゆびさ)す	to point at