The Most Confusing Kanji!
Practice telling the difference between very similar kanji!
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| Character | Definition |
|---|---|
| 力 |
リョク, リキ, リイ, ちから power, strength, strong, strain, bear up, exert |
| 午 |
ゴ, うま noon, sign of the horse, 11AM-1PM, seventh sign of Chinese zodiac |
| 本 |
ホン, もと book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things |
| 木 |
ボク, モク, き, こ- tree, wood |
| 名 |
メイ, ミョウ, な, -な name, noted, distinguished, reputation |
| 各 |
カク, おのおの each, every, either |
| 反 |
ハン, ホン, タン, ホ, そる, そらす, かえす, かえる, -かえる anti- |
| 友 |
ユウ, とも friend |
| 右 |
ウ, ユウ, みぎ right |
| 石 |
セキ, シャク, コク, いし stone |
| 刀 |
トウ, かたな, そり sword, saber, knife |
| 干 |
カン, ほす, ほし-, -ぼし, ひる dry, parch |
| 入 |
ニュウ, ジュ, いる, -いる, -いり, いれる, -いれ, はいる enter, insert |
| 人 |
ジン, ニン, ひと, -り, -と person |
| 末 |
マツ, バツ, すえ end, close, tip, powder, posterity |
| 未 |
ミ, ビ, いまだ, まだ, ひつじ un-, not yet, hitherto, still, even now, sign of the ram, 1-3PM, eighth sign of Chinese zodiac |
| 曰 |
エツ, いわく, のたまう, のたまわく, ここに say, reason, pretext, history, past, flat sun radical (no. 73) |
| 日 |
ニチ, ジツ, ひ, -び, -か day, sun, Japan, counter for days |
| 士 |
シ, さむらい gentleman, samurai, samurai radical (no. 33) |
| 土 |
ド, ト, つち soil, earth, ground, Turkey |
