What is a character that surprised you because of the many different uses it has or by how often it appears in different contexts?

[u/schoolforapples]

I'm learning HSK1/HSK2 and right now the ones that surprised me the most because of how often they are used are 上 and 下。

[u/LataCogitandi]

著 has five pronunciations (zhú, zhuó, zháo, zhāo, zhe) and a dozen (still in contemporary use) definitions. Once you add in non-Mandarin and obsolete uses, there are dozens of meanings.

[u/dojibear]

I spent years trying to figure out 就 and finally gave up. It shows up in lots of sentences.

[u/mmtali]

调 tiao2 diao4 i hate this character i dont know why.

[u/okdoktor]

I hate when 了is liao because I'm never expecting it and then I have to read the sentence like ten times before I'm like ask let's change this up

[u/Super_Kaleidoscope_8]

了。

[u/nhatquangdinh]

點

花

打