Shelley Posted July 16, 2014 at 08:07 PM Report Share Posted July 16, 2014 at 08:07 PM Have to agree with Hofmann it looks right on the webpage. I assume you mean the small hyperlink in the top left of the page. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidL706 Posted July 17, 2014 at 05:58 AM Report Share Posted July 17, 2014 at 05:58 AM Here are a few more characters which are very similar, but in fact different. 夭 (yāo) and 天 (tiān) - 夭 is an archaic character which means to die young (早死、未成年而死),while 天 means sky or heaven 土 (tǔ) and 士 (shì) - 土 means earth or soil, while 士 indicates a "scholar" or a gentleman and is often used in compounds indicating some sort of rank (博士，上士，士官, etc) 未 (wèi) and 末 (mò) - 未 originally means "not" and appears in compounds such as 未必，未成年. 末 means "end" as in 夏天末日, "the last day(s) of summer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
li3wei1 Posted July 17, 2014 at 06:19 AM Report Share Posted July 17, 2014 at 06:19 AM 干 于 午 牛 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPhillips Posted July 17, 2014 at 06:29 AM Report Share Posted July 17, 2014 at 06:29 AM 作祟的祟（sui4） ， 崇高的崇（chong2）， 和 嵩山的嵩（song1）～both chong2 & song1 mean "lofty" while sui4 means "evil spirit". 又: 曼荼羅(mandala)的荼(tu2) 和茶葉的茶(cha2) - tu2 refers to various types of bitter plants & is also a syllable used to transliterate Sanskrit while cha2 means "tea". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imron Posted July 17, 2014 at 07:48 AM Report Share Posted July 17, 2014 at 07:48 AM Merged with existing topic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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