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Wednesday, October 15, 2025

Two unlikely Twins: Schwarzenegger and De Vito and the unique Chinese character twins 忙 and 忘

Actors Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny De Vito in the movie Twins make an unusual pair, but so do the Chinese character twins 忘 and 忙 represent a unique pair within the Chinese writing system. The two characters have exactly the same radical component 心 忄and the same phonetic component 亡, yet their meaning is different and so is their pronunciation. In this video you will learn the pronunciation and the stroke order of the characters. My problem with the two chracatcesr is that the radical is not written consistently and that the so-called phonetic component leads to three different pronunciations https://www.youtube.com/shorts/DrQXvfysjtQ

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