Shareables · HSK 5 · 形 · Easy to confuse
形近 · Characters that look like 性
性 next to 怪、坡、拨 — one stroke apart, nothing else in common.
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性xìngnature/character/property/quality/attribute/sexuality/sex/gender
形近字 · LOOK ALIKE, READ DIFFERENTLY
Same shape at a glance. Different sound, different meaning.
| Character | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 性 | xìng | nature/character/property/quality/attribute/sexuality/sex/gender |
| 怪 | guài | bewildering/odd/strange/uncanny/devil/monster/to wonder at/to blame |
| 坡 | pō | slope/sloping/slanted |
| 拨 | bō | to push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc/to dial/to allocate/to set aside (money)/to poke (the fire)/to pluck (a string instrument)/to turn round/classifier: group, batch |
| 披 | pī | to drape over one's shoulders/to open/to unroll/to split open/to spread out |
| 牲 | shēng | domestic animal/sacrificial animal |
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