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差点儿 (chà diǎn r): meaning and stroke order

差点儿 (chà diǎn r) means erhua variant of 差点.

差点儿

Simplified
差点儿
Traditional
差點兒
Pinyin
chà diǎn r

Stroke order of 差点儿

差

  • chā difference; discrepancy; (math.) difference (amount remaining after a subtraction)
  • chà different; wrong; mistaken
  • chāi to send (on an errand); (archaic) person sent on such an errand
  • 9 strokes

Stroke by stroke

点

  • diǎn to touch briefly; to tap; to mark with a dot; to check off (on a list)
  • 9 strokes
  • Traditional form: 點

Stroke by stroke

儿

  • ér child; son
  • r non-syllabic diminutive suffix; retroflex final
  • 2 strokes
  • Traditional form: 兒

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 差点儿

  1. chà diǎn r Traditional 差點兒
    • erhua variant of 差點|差点[cha4 dian3]

Radicals of the characters

差
Radical 工 (Kangxi radical 48) · 10 strokes
点
Radical 火 (Kangxi radical 86) · 9 strokes · 占 on top, 灬 below
儿
Radical 儿 (Kangxi radical 10) · 2 strokes · 丿 on the left, 乚 on the right

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

差点儿 in our stories

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  • 张别古吓得差点儿坐在地上。那个声音告诉他，自己叫刘世昌，是个做绸缎生意的商人。

    Zhāng Biégǔ xià de chàdiǎnr zuò zài dì shàng nà gè shēngyīn gàosu tā zìjǐ jiào Liú Shìchāng shì gè zuò chóuduàn shēngyi de shāngrén

    Zhang Biegu nearly fell over in fright. The voice told him its name was Liu Shichang, a merchant in the silk trade.

    From the story The tale of the black basin HSK 7–9 · Level 7

Stories using 差点儿

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).