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差

さ

difference

Mnemonic

The gap between two things held up next to one another. The same sa さ as 差し出す putting one hand out, and this one has been closing since he stopped growing: さ.

Built from

difference, hold out
A hand reaching out from under a slanted top. The gap between two things, and the holding of one of them out.

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