Living in China part 1 - Basic Chinese language lesson

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1. There are quite a few similarities with Japanese

Japanese characters are often intermediate between the older characters used in Hong Kong and Taiwan, and the simplified characters used in the mainland. But most of the characters in your list are identical with their Japanese counterparts.

见 - jian, means look (Japanese- 見る miru, to look; 見 in a compound word is often pronounced "ken", sometimes "mi&quot
十, shi (pronounced sure), means ten (same character in Japanese also means 10, pronounced "juu" or sometimes "toh&quot
太, tai (pronounced tie), abverb too (this character in Japanese can also be pronounced "tie", or sometimes "ta" or futo(i). But it means "big" or "fat&quot
火, huo (pronounced who-oh), means fire (the same character in Japanese also means "fire"; it is pronounced "hi" or "ka&quot
公, gong, means public (the same character in Japanese also means "public". Usually pronounced "koh&quot
女, nv (the v should be a u with an umlaut over it), means woman (the same character in Japanese also means "woman". It is pronounced as "onna", "jo" and "nyo&quot
三, san, means three (exactly the same in Japanese)
小, xiao (pronounced she-ow)， means small (the same character in Japanese also means "small"-- it is pronounced as "shoh" or "chiisa(i)" or sometimes "ko&quot
大, da, means big (in Japanese, it pronounced "die", "tie", or "o-oki(i)-- also means "big&quot
园, yuan, means garden (Japanese uses an older version of this character, 園, which is pronounced as "sono" or "en&quot