Kanji N3 · Lesson 20

Look-alike kanji: 未 and 末, 特 and 待, 閉 and 関

特急とっきゅうを待まっている間あいだ、荷物にもつはわたしが持もちます。

Fifteen easily confused kanji, like 「特とく」, 「静せい」, 「険けん」, 「未み」, 「末まつ」, 「関かん」, beside their look-alikes: tell them apart by radical or by one stroke.

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Tell apart kanji with the same right side but different radicals: 「待まつ・持もつ・特別とくべつ・平等びょうどう」, 「晴はれ・静しずか・感情かんじょう」, 「危険きけん・検査けんさ・試験しけん」.
Recognise kanji that differ by one stroke: 「未来みらい」 and 「週末しゅうまつ」; 「田たんぼ」, 「理由りゆう」 and 「申もうす」; 「再開さいかい」 and 「両方りょうほう」.
Tell kanji apart by what is inside the frame or by the radical on the left: 「開あける・閉しめる・関係かんけい」, 「役やくに立たつ・投なげる」, 「復習ふくしゅう・お腹なか」, 「結婚式けっこんしき・試験しけん」.

4 sections · 6 practice sets · 36 questions

In this lesson

01Same right side: the radical gives the meaning
02One stroke apart: look at length and what pokes through
03Same frame or right side: look inside and on the left
04Reading words and a dialogue

Practice

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

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