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The Most Confusing Kanji!
Practice telling the difference between very similar kanji!
Character | Definition |
---|---|
犬 |
ケン, いぬ, いぬ- dog |
方 |
ホウ, かた, -かた, -がた direction, person, alternative |
万 |
マン, バン, よろず ten thousand, 10,000 |
氷 |
ヒョウ, こおり, ひ, こおる icicle, ice, hail, freeze, congeal |
水 |
スイ, みず, みず- water |
老 |
ロウ, おいる, ふける old man, old age, grow old |
考 |
コウ, かんがえる, かんがえ consider, think over |
比 |
ヒ, くらべる compare, race, ratio, Philipines |
北 |
ホク, きた north |
知 |
チ, しる, しらせる know, wisdom |
和 |
ワ, オ, カ, やわらぐ, やわらげる, なごむ, なごやか harmony, Japanese style, peace, soften, Japan |
従 |
ジュウ, ショウ, ジュ, したがう, したがえる, より accompany, obey, submit to, comply, follow, secondary, incidental, subordinate |
徒 |
ト, いたずら, あだ junior, emptiness, vanity, futility, uselessness, ephemeral thing, gang, set, party, people |
検 |
ケン, しらべる examination, investigate |
験 |
ケン, ゲン, あかし, しるし, ためす, ためし verification, effect, testing |
惑 |
ワク, まどう beguile, delusion, perplexity |
感 |
カン emotion, feeling, sensation |
捨 |
シャ, すてる discard, throw away, abandon, resign, reject, sacrifice |
拾 |
シュウ, ジュウ, ひろう pick up, gather, find, go on foot, ten |
毛 |
モウ, け fur, hair, feather, down |
手 |
シュ, ズ, て, て-, -て, た- hand |
牛 |
ギュウ, うし cow |
午 |
ゴ, うま noon, sign of the horse, 11AM-1PM, seventh sign of Chinese zodiac |
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