{"id":19732,"date":"2024-12-02T08:39:55","date_gmt":"2024-12-02T07:39:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/?p=19732"},"modified":"2024-12-26T12:59:13","modified_gmt":"2024-12-26T11:59:13","slug":"student-qa-december-2024-learning-similar-chinese-characters-polyphonic-characters-and-flashcards-vs-reading-for-building-vocabulary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/student-qa-december-2024-learning-similar-chinese-characters-polyphonic-characters-and-flashcards-vs-reading-for-building-vocabulary\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Q&#038;A, December 2024: Learning similar Chinese characters, polyphonic characters, and flashcards vs. reading for building vocabulary"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/student-qa-december-2024-learning-similar-chinese-characters-polyphonic-characters-and-flashcards-vs-reading-for-building-vocabulary\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-19734 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/vocabularyqa-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/vocabularyqa-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/vocabularyqa-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/vocabularyqa-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/vocabularyqa.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>his week\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/podcast\/\">podcast<\/a> episode is a reader and listener Q&amp;A, where I answer three questions about learning words and characters in Chinese. This time, I&#8217;m answering questions about:<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Learning similar-looking Chinese characters<\/li>\r\n<li>Reading vs. flashcards for building vocabulary<\/li>\r\n<li>Dealing with characters with more than one pronunciation<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p><em>Tune in to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/podcast\/\">the Hacking Chinese Podcast<\/a> to listen to the related episode (#226):<br \/><\/em><iframe src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/episode\/2OuNm2ZIvboBV19Qdzx02r?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border-radius:12px;\" allowfullscreen loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe><em>Available on <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/hacking-chinese-podcast\/id1536284827\">Apple Podcasts<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5iCRv1jg3j3yJZGJlYVYaO\">Spotify<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/i2mUJSCuCno\">YouTube<\/a>\u00a0and many other platforms!<\/em><\/p>\r\n<h3>Links to things mentioned in the introduction<\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/chinese-vocabulary-challenge\/\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">Chinese vocabulary challenge, December 2024<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/courses\/\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">Courses on Hacking Chinese<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/skritter-chinese-review-boosting-your-character-learning\/\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">Skritter review: Boosting your Chinese character learning<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h3>Links related to question 1: Similar-looking characters<\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/the-building-blocks-of-chinese-part-1-chinese-characters-and-words-in-a-nutshell\/\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">The building blocks of Chinese, part 1: Chinese characters and words in a nutshell<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/phonetic-components-part-2-hacking-chinese-characters\/\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">Phonetic components, part 2: Hacking Chinese characters<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/remembering-is-a-skill-you-can-learn\/\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">Remembering is a skill you can learn<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/how-to-create-mnemonics-for-general-or-abstract-character-components\/\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">How to create mnemonics for general or abstract character components<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p><blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"MVInpU3wZR\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/how-to-create-mnemonics-for-general-or-abstract-character-components\/\">How to create mnemonics for general or abstract character components<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;How to create mnemonics for general or abstract character components&#8221; &#8212; Hacking Chinese\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/how-to-create-mnemonics-for-general-or-abstract-character-components\/embed\/#?secret=GSMxL15b4R#?secret=MVInpU3wZR\" data-secret=\"MVInpU3wZR\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\r\n<h3>Links related to question 2: Reading vs. flashcards<\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/reading-is-a-lot-like-spaced-repetition-only-better\/\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">Reading is a lot like spaced repetition, only better<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/introduction-extensive-reading-chinese-learners\/\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">An introduction to extensive reading for Chinese learners<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/why-flashcards-are-great-for-learning-chinese\/\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">Why flashcards are great for learning Chinese<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p><blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"FOnQb88FbI\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/reading-is-a-lot-like-spaced-repetition-only-better\/\">Reading is a lot like spaced repetition, only better<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Reading is a lot like spaced repetition, only better&#8221; &#8212; Hacking Chinese\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/reading-is-a-lot-like-spaced-repetition-only-better\/embed\/#?secret=Rmi1M0NVvV#?secret=FOnQb88FbI\" data-secret=\"FOnQb88FbI\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\r\n<h3>Links related to question 3: Characters with more than one pronunciation<\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/should-you-learn-chinese-vocabulary-from-lists\/\">Should you learn Chinese vocabulary from lists?<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p><blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"5T773fL32D\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/should-you-learn-chinese-vocabulary-from-lists\/\">Should you learn Chinese vocabulary from lists?<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Should you learn Chinese vocabulary from lists?&#8221; &#8212; Hacking Chinese\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/should-you-learn-chinese-vocabulary-from-lists\/embed\/#?secret=zNo6TMLblz#?secret=5T773fL32D\" data-secret=\"5T773fL32D\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How can you remember the difference between similar Chinese characters? Are flashcards better than reading for building vocabulary? And how do you learn polyphonic characters?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19734,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,5,6,10,14,17,22],"tags":[213,1022,389,1100,992,1405,1285],"class_list":["post-19732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-advanced","category-beginner","category-distinctively-chinese","category-intermediate","category-learning-outside-class","category-reading","category-vocabulary","tag-flashcards","tag-meaning","tag-mnemonics","tag-podcast-episode","tag-qa","tag-similar-charcaters","tag-vocabulary-acquisition"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Student Q&amp;A, December 2024: Learning similar Chinese characters, polyphonic characters, and flashcards vs. reading for building vocabulary<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"How can you remember the difference between similar Chinese characters? Are flashcards better than reading for building vocabulary? And how do you learn polyphonic characters?\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/student-qa-december-2024-learning-similar-chinese-characters-polyphonic-characters-and-flashcards-vs-reading-for-building-vocabulary\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Student Q&amp;A, December 2024: Learning similar Chinese characters, polyphonic characters, and flashcards vs. reading for building vocabulary\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"How can you remember the difference between similar Chinese characters? Are flashcards better than reading for building vocabulary? And how do you learn polyphonic characters?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/student-qa-december-2024-learning-similar-chinese-characters-polyphonic-characters-and-flashcards-vs-reading-for-building-vocabulary\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Hacking Chinese\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HackingChinese\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-12-02T07:39:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-12-26T11:59:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/vocabularyqa.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Olle Linge\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@HackingChinese\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@HackingChinese\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Olle Linge\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hackingchinese.com\\\/student-qa-december-2024-learning-similar-chinese-characters-polyphonic-characters-and-flashcards-vs-reading-for-building-vocabulary\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hackingchinese.com\\\/student-qa-december-2024-learning-similar-chinese-characters-polyphonic-characters-and-flashcards-vs-reading-for-building-vocabulary\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Olle Linge\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hackingchinese.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/fd696a7384c7de665cc9d67c15205b15\"},\"headline\":\"Student Q&#038;A, December 2024: Learning similar Chinese characters, polyphonic characters, and flashcards vs. reading for building vocabulary\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-12-02T07:39:55+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-12-26T11:59:13+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hackingchinese.com\\\/student-qa-december-2024-learning-similar-chinese-characters-polyphonic-characters-and-flashcards-vs-reading-for-building-vocabulary\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":234,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hackingchinese.com\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hackingchinese.com\\\/student-qa-december-2024-learning-similar-chinese-characters-polyphonic-characters-and-flashcards-vs-reading-for-building-vocabulary\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hackingchinese.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/vocabularyqa.png\",\"keywords\":[\"Flashcards\",\"Meaning\",\"Mnemonics\",\"Podcast episode\",\"Q&amp;A\",\"Similar charcaters\",\"Vocabulary acquisition\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Advanced\",\"Beginner\",\"Distinctively Chinese\",\"Intermediate\",\"Learning outside class\",\"Reading\",\"Vocabulary\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hackingchinese.com\\\/student-qa-december-2024-learning-similar-chinese-characters-polyphonic-characters-and-flashcards-vs-reading-for-building-vocabulary\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hackingchinese.com\\\/student-qa-december-2024-learning-similar-chinese-characters-polyphonic-characters-and-flashcards-vs-reading-for-building-vocabulary\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hackingchinese.com\\\/student-qa-december-2024-learning-similar-chinese-characters-polyphonic-characters-and-flashcards-vs-reading-for-building-vocabulary\\\/\",\"name\":\"Student Q&A, December 2024: Learning similar Chinese characters, polyphonic characters, and flashcards vs. reading for building vocabulary\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hackingchinese.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hackingchinese.com\\\/student-qa-december-2024-learning-similar-chinese-characters-polyphonic-characters-and-flashcards-vs-reading-for-building-vocabulary\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hackingchinese.com\\\/student-qa-december-2024-learning-similar-chinese-characters-polyphonic-characters-and-flashcards-vs-reading-for-building-vocabulary\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hackingchinese.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/vocabularyqa.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-12-02T07:39:55+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-12-26T11:59:13+00:00\",\"description\":\"How can you remember the difference between similar Chinese characters? Are flashcards better than reading for building vocabulary? And how do you learn polyphonic characters?\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hackingchinese.com\\\/student-qa-december-2024-learning-similar-chinese-characters-polyphonic-characters-and-flashcards-vs-reading-for-building-vocabulary\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hackingchinese.com\\\/student-qa-december-2024-learning-similar-chinese-characters-polyphonic-characters-and-flashcards-vs-reading-for-building-vocabulary\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hackingchinese.com\\\/student-qa-december-2024-learning-similar-chinese-characters-polyphonic-characters-and-flashcards-vs-reading-for-building-vocabulary\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hackingchinese.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/vocabularyqa.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hackingchinese.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/vocabularyqa.png\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":1024},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hackingchinese.com\\\/student-qa-december-2024-learning-similar-chinese-characters-polyphonic-characters-and-flashcards-vs-reading-for-building-vocabulary\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hackingchinese.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Student Q&#038;A, December 2024: Learning similar Chinese characters, polyphonic characters, and flashcards vs. reading for building vocabulary\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hackingchinese.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hackingchinese.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Hacking Chinese\",\"description\":\"A better way of learning Mandarin\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hackingchinese.com\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hackingchinese.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hackingchinese.com\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Hacking Chinese\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hackingchinese.com\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hackingchinese.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hackingchinese.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2010\\\/09\\\/square-stamp-1000.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hackingchinese.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2010\\\/09\\\/square-stamp-1000.png\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":1000,\"caption\":\"Hacking Chinese\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hackingchinese.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/HackingChinese\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/HackingChinese\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hackingchinese.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/fd696a7384c7de665cc9d67c15205b15\",\"name\":\"Olle Linge\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/7d60e40795941ec743c532d9ba9a94d261cd89f55ab4a7a0a8271040e7046559?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/7d60e40795941ec743c532d9ba9a94d261cd89f55ab4a7a0a8271040e7046559?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/7d60e40795941ec743c532d9ba9a94d261cd89f55ab4a7a0a8271040e7046559?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Olle Linge\"},\"description\":\"Hi! My name is Olle Linge (\u51cc\u96f2\u9f8d) and I'm the creator and editor of Hacking Chinese. Read more about the website and me on the About page.\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/www.hackingchinese.com\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Student Q&A, December 2024: Learning similar Chinese characters, polyphonic characters, and flashcards vs. reading for building vocabulary","description":"How can you remember the difference between similar Chinese characters? Are flashcards better than reading for building vocabulary? And how do you learn polyphonic characters?","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/student-qa-december-2024-learning-similar-chinese-characters-polyphonic-characters-and-flashcards-vs-reading-for-building-vocabulary\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Student Q&A, December 2024: Learning similar Chinese characters, polyphonic characters, and flashcards vs. reading for building vocabulary","og_description":"How can you remember the difference between similar Chinese characters? Are flashcards better than reading for building vocabulary? And how do you learn polyphonic characters?","og_url":"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/student-qa-december-2024-learning-similar-chinese-characters-polyphonic-characters-and-flashcards-vs-reading-for-building-vocabulary\/","og_site_name":"Hacking Chinese","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HackingChinese","article_published_time":"2024-12-02T07:39:55+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-12-26T11:59:13+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":1024,"url":"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/vocabularyqa.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Olle Linge","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@HackingChinese","twitter_site":"@HackingChinese","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Olle Linge","Estimated reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/student-qa-december-2024-learning-similar-chinese-characters-polyphonic-characters-and-flashcards-vs-reading-for-building-vocabulary\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/student-qa-december-2024-learning-similar-chinese-characters-polyphonic-characters-and-flashcards-vs-reading-for-building-vocabulary\/"},"author":{"name":"Olle Linge","@id":"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/#\/schema\/person\/fd696a7384c7de665cc9d67c15205b15"},"headline":"Student Q&#038;A, December 2024: Learning similar Chinese characters, polyphonic characters, and flashcards vs. reading for building vocabulary","datePublished":"2024-12-02T07:39:55+00:00","dateModified":"2024-12-26T11:59:13+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/student-qa-december-2024-learning-similar-chinese-characters-polyphonic-characters-and-flashcards-vs-reading-for-building-vocabulary\/"},"wordCount":234,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/student-qa-december-2024-learning-similar-chinese-characters-polyphonic-characters-and-flashcards-vs-reading-for-building-vocabulary\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/vocabularyqa.png","keywords":["Flashcards","Meaning","Mnemonics","Podcast episode","Q&amp;A","Similar charcaters","Vocabulary acquisition"],"articleSection":["Advanced","Beginner","Distinctively Chinese","Intermediate","Learning outside class","Reading","Vocabulary"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/student-qa-december-2024-learning-similar-chinese-characters-polyphonic-characters-and-flashcards-vs-reading-for-building-vocabulary\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/student-qa-december-2024-learning-similar-chinese-characters-polyphonic-characters-and-flashcards-vs-reading-for-building-vocabulary\/","url":"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/student-qa-december-2024-learning-similar-chinese-characters-polyphonic-characters-and-flashcards-vs-reading-for-building-vocabulary\/","name":"Student Q&A, December 2024: Learning similar Chinese characters, polyphonic characters, and flashcards vs. reading for building vocabulary","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/student-qa-december-2024-learning-similar-chinese-characters-polyphonic-characters-and-flashcards-vs-reading-for-building-vocabulary\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/student-qa-december-2024-learning-similar-chinese-characters-polyphonic-characters-and-flashcards-vs-reading-for-building-vocabulary\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/vocabularyqa.png","datePublished":"2024-12-02T07:39:55+00:00","dateModified":"2024-12-26T11:59:13+00:00","description":"How can you remember the difference between similar Chinese characters? Are flashcards better than reading for building vocabulary? And how do you learn polyphonic characters?","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/student-qa-december-2024-learning-similar-chinese-characters-polyphonic-characters-and-flashcards-vs-reading-for-building-vocabulary\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/student-qa-december-2024-learning-similar-chinese-characters-polyphonic-characters-and-flashcards-vs-reading-for-building-vocabulary\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/student-qa-december-2024-learning-similar-chinese-characters-polyphonic-characters-and-flashcards-vs-reading-for-building-vocabulary\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/vocabularyqa.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/vocabularyqa.png","width":1024,"height":1024},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/student-qa-december-2024-learning-similar-chinese-characters-polyphonic-characters-and-flashcards-vs-reading-for-building-vocabulary\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Student Q&#038;A, December 2024: Learning similar Chinese characters, polyphonic characters, and flashcards vs. reading for building vocabulary"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/","name":"Hacking Chinese","description":"A better way of learning Mandarin","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/#organization","name":"Hacking Chinese","url":"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/square-stamp-1000.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/square-stamp-1000.png","width":1000,"height":1000,"caption":"Hacking Chinese"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HackingChinese","https:\/\/x.com\/HackingChinese"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/#\/schema\/person\/fd696a7384c7de665cc9d67c15205b15","name":"Olle Linge","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7d60e40795941ec743c532d9ba9a94d261cd89f55ab4a7a0a8271040e7046559?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7d60e40795941ec743c532d9ba9a94d261cd89f55ab4a7a0a8271040e7046559?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7d60e40795941ec743c532d9ba9a94d261cd89f55ab4a7a0a8271040e7046559?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Olle Linge"},"description":"Hi! My name is Olle Linge (\u51cc\u96f2\u9f8d) and I'm the creator and editor of Hacking Chinese. Read more about the website and me on the About page.","sameAs":["http:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19732"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19732\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19744,"href":"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19732\/revisions\/19744"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}