Similar Chinese Characters: Learn to Tell Them Apart

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Telling similar Chinese characters apart can be tricky, but mastering them unlocks a whole new level of ease in reading and writing Chinese. This post helps you avoid common pitfalls by unraveling the mysteries of look-alike characters.

Summary of Confusing and Look-alikes Chinese

Characters

Pinyin	Character	English
měi	美	beautiful
yǎng	养	nurture
bàn	辦	do
biàn	辩	argue
nuǎn	暖	warm
ài	暧	ambiguous
gèng	更	more
lì	吏	official
āi	哀	grief
shuāi	衰	decline
xià	夏	summer
fù	复	review
bēi	杯	cup
hái	还	return
wáng	王	king
yù	玉	jade
hǎo	好	good
rú	如	if
tā	她	she
tā	他	he
gōu	钩	hook
diào	钓	fish
wèi	为	for
bàn	办	do
tóng	同	same
zhōu	周	week
jù	句	sentence
sháo	勺	spoon
tù	兔	rabbit
miǎn	免	exempt
chá	茶	tea
tú	荼	thorn
xǐ	洗	wash
xiǎn	冼	surname
fù	父	father
wén	文	language
lǎo	老	old
kǎo	考	exam
yóu	由	from
tián	田	field
lì	利	benefit
hé	和	and
kě	渴	thirsty
hē	喝	drink
zhù	注	note
zhù	住	live
guǎng	广	vast
chǎng	厂	factory
yuè	月	month
yòng	用	use
hé	河	river
hé	何	how
xiàn	现	present
guān	观	observe
bái	白	white
bǎi	百	hundred
xiào	校	school
jiào	较	compare
yǔ	与	and
xiě	写	write
zhǔ	主	main
wáng	王	king
yú	愉	happy
yú	榆	elm tree
kuài	块	piece
kuài	快	fast
yīn	阴	overcast
yáng	阳	sun
bā	八	eight
rù	入	enter
ma	吗	question particle
mǎ	码	number
wèn	问	ask
jiān	间	room
wàn	万	ten thousand
fāng	方	square
huà	话	speech
huó	活	activity
jiǎng	讲	talk
jìn	进	enter
zì	自	self
bái	白	white
zhí	直	straight
zhēn	真	true
miàn	面	face
xī	西	west
huà	化	transform
huā	花	flower
bìng	病	disease
tòng	痛	pain
sī	思	think
nán	男	male
yú	于	in
gān	干	dry
qǐng	请	please
qīng	清	clear
mǔ	母	mother
měi	每	every
quán	全	all
jīn	金	gold