Shareables · HSK 5 · 形 · Easy to confuse
形近 · Characters that look like 情
情 next to 请、清、债 — one stroke apart, nothing else in common.
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情qíngfeeling/emotion/passion/situation
形近字 · LOOK ALIKE, READ DIFFERENTLY
Same shape at a glance. Different sound, different meaning.
| Character | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 情 | qíng | feeling/emotion/passion/situation |
| 请 | qǐng | to ask/to invite/please (do sth)/to treat (to a meal etc)/to request |
| 清 | qīng | Qing (Wade-Giles: Ch'ing) dynasty of imperial China (1644-1911)/surname Qing/(of water etc) clear; clean/quiet; still/pure; uncorrupted/clear; distinct/to clear; to settle (accounts) |
| 债 | zhài | debt |
| 馈 | kuì | (literary) to make an offering to the gods/variant of 饋|馈[kui4]/(bound form) to present (a gift)/(bound form) to send; to transmit |
| 惜 | xī | to cherish/to begrudge/to pity/Taiwan pr. [xi2] |
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