Kanji N2 · Lesson 20

Look-alike kanji: 「輪わ・輸ゆ・論ろん」「形けい・型けい」「戸と・戻もどる」

一戸建いっこだての家いえに引ひっ越こして、大おおきな冷蔵庫れいぞうこを買かいました。

「輪わ」「王おう」「玉たま」「丸まる」「形けい」「型かた」「幅はば」「清せい」「旧きゅう」「針はり」「戸と」「蔵ぞう」 (12 kanji) beside their look-alikes, and a review of earlier mix-ups.

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Use the radical to tell apart kanji with the same right side: 「輪わ・輸ゆ・論ろん」, 「幅はば・福ふく・副ふく・富ふ」, 「清せい・晴せい・精せい・情じょう」, 「針はり・計けい」.
Look at one dot or one stroke to tell apart 「王おう・玉たま・主しゅ・国くに」, 「丸まる・九きゅう」, 「旧きゅう・児じ」, 「戸と・戻もどる・所ところ」, 「蔵ぞう・歳さい」 and 「形かたち・型かた」.
Read 「人形にんぎょう」, 「女王じょおう」, 「十円玉じゅうえんだま」, 「一戸建いっこだて」 and 「冷蔵庫れいぞうこ」, and keep apart earlier pairs such as 「測そく・則そく・側がわ」, 「捕ほ・補ほ」 and 「制せい・製せい」.

5 sections · 6 practice sets · 36 questions

In this lesson

01Wheel, king, jewel and round: look at the radical, look for a dot
02Shape, width and clear: same right side, so look at the radical
03Old, needle, door and storehouse: look above and below, inside and outside
04Review: kanji from earlier lessons that are easy to mix up
05Reading words and a dialogue

Practice

Match the words to their readings
Choose the correct reading
Choose the correct kanji
Which kanji goes in the word?
Write the reading
Choose the right word

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