# Bug - Custom synonyms for components with a 1-to-1 character version

**URL:** <https://community.hanzihero.com/t/bug-custom-synonyms-for-components-with-a-1-to-1-character-version/151>\
**Category:** Bugs & Errors\
**Created:** [October 5, 2023, 8:24pm UTC](https://community.hanzihero.com/t/bug-custom-synonyms-for-components-with-a-1-to-1-character-version/151 "2023-10-05T20:24:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![tuobiyasi](https://community-cdn.hanzihero.com/user_avatar/community.hanzihero.com/tuobiyasi/32/72_2.png) [@tuobiyasi](https://community.hanzihero.com/u/tuobiyasi)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2023, 8:24pm UTC](https://community.hanzihero.com/t/bug-custom-synonyms-for-components-with-a-1-to-1-character-version/151/1 "2023-10-05T20:24:42Z")

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Hi again! Sometimes I get the issue that the _custom synonym_ for a component that I add is not accepted as an answer if it’s the same as the character meaning for the exact copy of component. This seems usually to just happen if I just introduced the synonym in the same review/lesson session, but right not it happened to me with the [I/handsaw componet](https://hanzihero.com/simplified/components/hand-saw) - which I’ve given the synonym **I**. In this case I was told this was the component and not the character, and could only proceed with _handsaw_ as the answer.

For context, the reason I prefer using the “correct” name/meaning for the components also is that I assume it’s easier for the brain to just connect one meaning to one symbol, and not an extra which I assume you guys just made up for the mnemonic. And then I just make my own mnemonics, as I think yours might be a little long sometimes 😅 . I have gone back to using your characters mostly though, as I previously experimented with characters saying weird sounds/stuff like in Wanikani 😅

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**Author:** ![phil](https://community-cdn.hanzihero.com/user_avatar/community.hanzihero.com/phil/32/6_2.png) [@phil](https://community.hanzihero.com/u/phil)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2023, 9:27pm UTC](https://community.hanzihero.com/t/bug-custom-synonyms-for-components-with-a-1-to-1-character-version/151/2 "2023-10-05T21:27:22Z")

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Thanks for the report!

I’ve updated the site to handle this correctly.

Here’s a demonstration 🙂

![user_synonyms](https://community-b2-cdn.hanzihero.com/original/1X/d7f0af985ebf7f461a604428e4039eb34b742f6b.webp)