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buff

HSK 7
Human →Actions
cuō
サ
みが.く
차
Phonosemantic compound. 石 represents the meaning and 差 represents the sound.
Components
石 stone+ 差 fall short of =
磋 buff
石 Meaning component
shí stone
stone, rock, mineral
差 Phonetic component
chà fall short of
to differ
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Notes
Similar Characters
叚 fake声 voice (jp)庶 various段 stage宕 stone quarry岩 rock (simp)泵 pump炻 a kind of china矶 submerged (simp)矸 a rock or cliff矻 slave矽 obsolete矾 alum (simp)矿 mine (simp)砀 brilliantly (simp)码 number (simp)砂 gravel砌 lay brick砍 chop砑 to grind
Chinese
磋 [cuō]
deliberate; to polish
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (3)
切磋 [qiē​cuō] #32,337
to compare notes
磋商 [cuō​shāng] #30,871
to consult
切磋琢磨 [qiē​cuō​zhuó​mó] #67,278
lit. cutting and polishing (idiom)
JAPANESE WORDS (2)
切磋琢磨 [せっさたくま] #29,437
diligent application (to work or study)
切磋 [せっさ] #168,850
working hard