Shareables · HSK 1 · 形 · Easy to confuse
形近 · Characters that look like 系
系 next to 条、杀、角 — one stroke apart, nothing else in common.
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系xito connect/to relate to/to tie up/to bind/to be (literary)/system/department/faculty
形近字 · LOOK ALIKE, READ DIFFERENTLY
Same shape at a glance. Different sound, different meaning.
| Character | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 系 | xi | to connect/to relate to/to tie up/to bind/to be (literary)/system/department/faculty |
| 条 | tiáo | strip/item/article/clause (of law or treaty)/classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc) |
| 杀 | shā | to kill/to murder/to attack/to weaken or reduce/to smart (dialect)/(used after a verb) extremely |
| 角 | jiǎo | surname Jue/angle/corner/horn/horn-shaped/unit of money equal to 0.1 yuan, or 10 cents (a dime)/role (theater)/to compete |
| 卷 | juàn | to roll up/roll/classifier for small rolled things (wad of paper money, movie reel etc)/scroll/book/volume/chapter/examination paper |
| 呈 | chéng | to present to a superior/memorial/petition/to present (a certain appearance)/to assume (a shape)/to be (a certain color) |
More from HSK 1
- 成语 · 马马虎虎 — Horse-horse-tiger-tiger: so-so, and the story of how careless gets you killed.
- 您 · Politeness you can see — 您 is 你 with a heart underneath. That is the whole difference.
- 春节 · The words of Chinese New Year — Six words that cover the whole holiday, from the red envelope to the couplets on the door.
- 评 · Comment on your surroundings — Point at something real and say what you notice. This alone is a complete strategy — caveman Chinese is correct Chinese.
- 问 · Ask about their life — Hometown, family, children, grandchildren, work. Memorize a few of these — they get a person to open up about their past.
- 问 · 哪儿 Where — 哪儿 and 哪里 are the same question. It sits where the answer goes, so the word order never moves.
- 问 · 什么 What — 什么 attaches to the noun it asks about: 什么工作, 什么东西, 什么好吃的.
- 问 · 有…吗 Do you have — 有 + noun + 吗 is the whole question. Nothing else changes.
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