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Visual Confusion Mastery

Twin Characters雙生字

The most confusable look-alike characters in Mandarin — every pair below differs by at most one stroke.

255
255 twin pairs
99
99 character webs
65
65 same-level traps
171
171 pairs touch HSK 1–3
Class:
Band:
Showing 2 of 255 twin pairs
Class B
gēngHSK 2
to change or replace; to experience
更加gèngjiā
more (than sth else)
lìHSK 7–9
minor government official or functionary (old)
官吏guānlì
bureaucrat
The one-stroke difference:更 is 吏 with one extra horizontal stroke in the middle.
Class B
shǐHSK 4
history; annals
历史lìshǐ
history
lìHSK 7–9
minor government official or functionary (old)
官吏guānlì
bureaucrat
The one-stroke difference:吏 is 史 with one extra horizontal stroke at the top.

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