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Hanzi characters that looks the same as their meaning

There are many Chinese Hanzi characters that look the same as their meaning. Chinese Hanzi characters were originally pictograms and evolved later to also depict abstract meanings. Even later, other characters such as pronouns were added. Later, Chinese characters were redesigned and redesigned, to be more simple and readable, with the radical and component system.

Similar meaning and looks

Nets and knives have in common that their Chinese Hanzi characters look like what they depict. And there are many Chinese characters like that. With these memorization tips, learning Hanzi doesn’t need to be hard.

Chinese character: net/network

Chinese character: wood

Chinese character: heart

Chinese character: fur

Chinese character: horse

Chinese character: map/drawing

Chinese character: knife

Chinese character: car/machine

Chinese character: armor

Chinese character: fly

Chinese character: mutual

Chinese character: river

Chinese character: turtle

Chinese character: sit

Chinese character: fire

Chinese character: meat

Chinese character: silk

Chinese character: claw

Chinese character: cry

Chinese character: prison

Chinese character: umbrella

Chinese character: field

Chinese character: door

Chinese character: electricity

Chinese character: ear

Chinese character: eyebrow

Chinese character: bird

Chinese character: embarrassed

Chinese character: rain

Does it become easier to learn Chinese characters with these tips? Not all Chinese characters look like what they mean, but many do.

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