漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
似: becoming, resemble
Also: counterfeit, imitate, suitable
JLPT N37 strokesGrade 5Your ink: 白 Not met
亻 carries the meaning · 以 gives the sound
7 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
ジji · on'yomi · in compounds
- 類似するるいじするbe analogous to [v.i.]
- 酷似するこくじするhave a striking resemblance [v.i.]
- 近似値きんじちapproximate value
にるniru · kun'yomi · on its own
- 似ているにているbe similar [v.i.]
- 似顔絵にがおえportrait
- 似合うにあうsuit, match
- 空似そらにchance resemblance
Special readingsThese words are read as a whole, not from the readings above.
- 真似まねimitation, mimicry
Also read ひる, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“See the person standing tall, ready to interact with the world! When this radical appears on the left, it signals that the kanji describes a human quality, a social relationship, or an action that people perform.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · sì
Same form: 似 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 似 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 似 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin sì most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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