<p>Well, I suppose the only useful tip is practice :)</p>
<p>But if a little imagination may help, perhaps I can say a little about 施.</p>
<p>Now, I am sure you noticed these five words have the same &quot;left-portion&quot; and the &quot;upper-right portion&quot; in the way they are written.</p>
<p>So take a look at what's left over if we take those portions out.</p>
<p>You will see a 也. You may think of 也是，couple this 也 to a 是, which pronounces as SHI!</p>
<p>Then you might be able to remind yourself 施 is pronounced as SHI!</p>
<p>HAHA! :p Anyway don't worry, practice more, then you'll be fine.</p>

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LCS
<p>In fact, as @dROOOze mentioned, two of them have phonetic indicators. But they won't help you at all.</p>
<ul>
<li>施's phonetic indicator is 也(ye3). You may wonder why?! I'd say that 也 contributes to 施's uncommon sounds yi2/yi4.</li>
<li>旋's phonetic indicator is 疋(pi3/ya3/shu1). Again, you can't relate them. In fact, from the Kangxi dictionary, you can find that 疋 has been pronounced xu1/xu4 as well (historically?).</li>
</ul>
<blockquote>
<p>又【集韻】寫與切，音<strong>胥</strong>。又所據切，音<strong>絮</strong>。義同。</p>
</blockquote>
<p>To conclude, I'd recommend to</p>
<ol>
<li>make words and write down them ;</li>
<li>find sinograms using themselves as a phonetic indicator, e.g. 旋：漩(xuan2)渦、族：簇(cu4)擁、斿：遨遊(you2).</li>
</ol>

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<p>I often misread these words and got mistaken between each other:</p>

<ul>
<li>旅 = Lǚ</li>
<li>斿/游 = Yóu</li>
<li>施 = shī</li>
<li>旋 = Xuán</li>
<li>族 = zú</li>
</ul>

<p>as each of them doesn't have related phonetic indicator that I can use as clue to remember their pronunciations.</p>

<p>Any tips to remember their pronunciations?</p>

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To add more to the headache: 旋 and 游. I remember when I was a kid I always mistook 旅 and 旋 and sometimes wrote 游 as 氵旅. I don't have good tips though; all it takes is concentration of mind and lots of practice.
NS.X.
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2014-06-11T08:49:04.600Z
游 is pretty easy - you probably already know the word 游泳 and 游 has 三点水 - kind of looks like someone swimming too with the 子 under there...
Mou某
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施 and 旋 have phonetic indicators. But this is beside the point, you need to know the vocabulary behind the characters very well as a start, for any tips to have any benefit.
dROOOze
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Tips to remember the pronunciation of these words: 旅，斿，施，旋，族?
# Tips to remember the pronunciation of these words: 旅，斿，施，旋，族?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-06-10)

I often misread these words and got mistaken between each other:

* 旅 = Lǚ
* 斿/游 = Yóu
* 施 = shī
* 旋 = Xuán
* 族 = zú

as each of them doesn't have related phonetic indicator that I can use as clue to remember their pronunciations.

Any tips to remember their pronunciations?

**Tags:** pronunciation, learning, character-identification, characters

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: To add more to the headache: 旋 and 游. I remember when I was a kid I always mistook 旅 and 旋 and sometimes wrote 游 as 氵旅. I don't have good tips though; all it takes is concentration of mind and lots of practice.  
> **username_2**: 游 is pretty easy - you probably already know the word 游泳 and 游 has 三点水 - kind of looks like someone swimming too with the 子 under there...  
> **username_3**: 施 and 旋 have phonetic indicators. But this is beside the point, you need to know the vocabulary behind the characters very well as a start, for any tips to have any benefit.  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_4 on 2014-06-11. Score: 2

Well, I suppose the only useful tip is practice :)

But if a little imagination may help, perhaps I can say a little about 施.

Now, I am sure you noticed these five words have the same "left-portion" and the "upper-right portion" in the way they are written.

So take a look at what's left over if we take those portions out.

You will see a 也. You may think of 也是，couple this 也 to a 是, which pronounces as SHI!

Then you might be able to remind yourself 施 is pronounced as SHI!

HAHA! :p Anyway don't worry, practice more, then you'll be fine.


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### Answer by username_5 on 2020-07-26. Score: 1

In fact, as @username_3 mentioned, two of them have phonetic indicators. But they won't help you at all.

* 施's phonetic indicator is 也(ye3). You may wonder why?! I'd say that 也 contributes to 施's uncommon sounds yi2/yi4.
* 旋's phonetic indicator is 疋(pi3/ya3/shu1). Again, you can't relate them. In fact, from the Kangxi dictionary, you can find that 疋 has been pronounced xu1/xu4 as well (historically?).

> 又【集韻】寫與切，音**胥**。又所據切，音**絮**。義同。

To conclude, I'd recommend to

1. make words and write down them ;
2. find sinograms using themselves as a phonetic indicator, e.g. 旋：漩(xuan2)渦、族：簇(cu4)擁、斿：遨遊(you2).


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