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Inhae @blue@social.inhae.blog · 12:08

While doing Anki today, I realised I was mixing up two characters, 惶 and 慌, because their meaning and pronunciations are close. No wonder I couldn’t remember the correct tone for any of them.

I use a hint field in Anki for this kind of situation, it’s the best way for me to finally get them right… and I post it here to make it stick even more.

Screenshot of a field in a flashcard editing interface. The field is called “Hint” and this is what is inside: “慌 is different from 惶. 慌 huāng: be in a state of panic： 慌忙，慌不择路. 惶 huáng: filled with fear, scared: 惶恐.“
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Inhae @blue@social.inhae.blog · 12:20

And I also came across another 多音字 (character with two or more readings) in today’s session. This time it was 笼.

I recently learnt the word 囚笼 qiúlóng in Lantern Rite, which means “a prisoner’s cage”, but I got the tone wrong each time it appeared in Anki, and I finally understood why today.
That’s because I learnt the expression 笼络人心 lǒngluò rénxīn back in Natlan (it was from a WQ, I remember exactly the scene). So I was sure 笼 was third tone :blobcatgoogly:
Now I know it has two pronunciations!