今， 令， 冷 And Some More Easily Confused Chinese Characters

今天 - jīntiān - today 
冷天 - lěng tiān - cold weather 
邻居 - línjū - a neighbour 
门铃 - mén líng - a door bell 
领带 - lǐngdài - a tie

马 – 乌 – 鸟

For beginners, the characters 马， 乌 and 鸟 look similar. However, in dictionaries they can be found under different radicals. In fact, 马 and 鸟 are radicals themselves. 

人 - 入 - 八

入 means "to enter", "to go into". Its pictogram resembles an arrowhead. In print, to distinguish 人 from 入 pay attention to the hook at top left. 

人 means "a man". Therefore, its pictogram resembles human's legs. Though in print, the modern form of the character 人 has symmetric legs, its ancient version depicted a man with arms and asymmetric legs. 

- How to distinguish 人 from 入 in handwriting?
- In 人 the right leg is shorter； in 入 the right leg is longer. 

八 is composed of two strokes: 丿 and 乁. These two bent lines are believed to signal "division". Of all single-digit numbers, 8 can be divided by 2 the greatest number of times. 

采 - 釆 - 来

Sometimes a small difference in writing a character may have a big impact on its recognition. 

1. 采 is composed of 7 strokes. Its associative compound is a hand 爫 plucking fruits from a tree 木. 
2. 釆 is composed of 禾 and 丷. 
3. The ancient written form of 来 looks like a wheat cone. Ancient Chinese people believed that in autumn wheat was carried and spread by birds so that it could be harvested next year. 来 also means "arrival". The vertical stroke in the middle goes across the top and lower horizontal strokes.

占, 古, 舌, 活, 话, 适

占据 - zhànjù - to occupy, to hold - захватывать, оккупировать 
古代 - gǔdài - ancient times - древность
拉舌头 - lā shétou - to gossip - сплетничать, чесать языком 
生活 - shēnghuó - life - жизнь 
说话 - shuōhuà - to speak, to talk - разговаривать, говорить 
合适 - héshì - suitable, appropriate - подходящий, соответствующий

Commonly Confused Chinese Characters | Иероглифы, которые часто путают

These five characters are commonly confused:

历史 - lìshǐ - history - история

胥吏 - xūlì - a clerk - мелкий чиновник, писарь

更变 - gēngbiàn - to change, to modify - изменяться, переменяться

使用 - shǐyòng - to use - пользоваться, употреблять

方便 - fāngbiàn - comfortable - комфортабельный, удобный