音読み: サ
訓読み: さす
画数: 10
部首: たくみ（工）
Meaning
Difference / Gap / Variation / Insert
- Basic forms
- 差す — to raise; to shine in; to point / base form
- 差します — raise; shine in / masu form
- 差した — raised; shone in / ta form
- 差して — raise and …; shine in and … / te-form
- 差さない — do not raise; do not shine / negative
- 差せば — if (it) shines; if (you) raise / conditional
- 差せ — raise it! / imperative
- Common uses
- 傘を差す — hold up an umbrella
- 日が差す — sunlight shines in
- 方向を差す — point in a direction
差す（さす） is a godan verb. It centers on **upward or directional movement**, such as raising an umbrella, sunlight shining in, or pointing toward something.
- 差別 — discrimination
- 時差 — time difference
- 格差 — disparity (e.g., economic)
- 誤差 — error; margin of error
- 差額 — price difference; balance
- 差し出す — to submit; to hand in
- 交差点 — intersection
羊 + 工 forms the idea of setting things apart or inserting a marker to distinguish—hence “difference / gap.” It also appears in verbs like 差す (“to insert / to submit”).