Shareables · HSK 0 · 形 · Easy to confuse
形近 · Characters that look like 在
在 next to 再、报、库 — one stroke apart, nothing else in common.
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在zàito exist; to be alive/(of sb or sth) to be (located) at/(used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
形近字 · LOOK ALIKE, READ DIFFERENTLY
Same shape at a glance. Different sound, different meaning.
| Character | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 在 | zài | to exist; to be alive/(of sb or sth) to be (located) at/(used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) |
| 再 | zài | again; once more; re-/second; another/then (after sth, and not until then)/no matter how ... (followed by an adjective or verb, and then (usually) 也 or 都 for emphasis) |
| 报 | bào | to announce/to inform/report/newspaper/recompense/revenge |
| 库 | kù | warehouse/storehouse/(file) library |
| 庄 | zhuāng | variant of 莊|庄[zhuang1]/surname Zhuang/farmstead/village/manor/place of business/banker (in a gambling game)/grave or solemn/holdings of a landlord (in imperial China) |
| 灰 | huī | ash/dust/lime/gray/discouraged; dejected |
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