漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
擬: mimic, aim (a gun) at
Also: nominate, imitate
JLPT N117 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
扌 carries the meaning · 疑 gives the sound
17 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
ギgi · on'yomi · in compounds
- 模擬もぎimitation
- 模擬試験もぎしけんmock exam; practice exam; practice test
- 模擬店もぎてんrefreshment booth; refreshment stand
Also read まがい, もどき, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Imagine a hand reaching out from the left to grab, hold, or shape the world! When you see these three strokes, think of a hand in motion.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side擬 mimic · 扌
vs凝 congeal · 冫In ChineseSimplified 拟 · traditional, as in Japanese · nǐ
Japan keeps the traditional form 擬; mainland China simplifies it to 拟.
- Simplified
- 拟 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 擬 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin nǐ 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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