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似

似 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 類する。
  2. まねをする。
  3. つぐ。
  4. 捧げる。奉る。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「人」+音符「以」。「にる」を意味する漢語｛似｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

becoming, resemble, counterfeit, imitate, suitable

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ジJHS
Kun (native)
  • に(る)Elem.
  • ひ(る)
Nanori (used in names)
  • にた
Other languages
  • 拼音si4
  • 拼音shi4
  • 한글sa
  • Hán-ViệtTự

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
7 strokes
Radical
人(ひと)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 2
Unicode
U+4F3C

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰亻以

Words using this kanji

  • 似顔にがおportrait, likeness
  • 似通うにかようto resemble closely
  • 似合うにあう「にあう」を参照。to suit, to match, to become, to be like
  • 似るにるto resemble, to look like, to be like, to be alike
  • 似合いにあいwell-matched (esp. of a couple), becoming, suitable
  • 似せるにせるにせるを参照。to copy, to imitate, to counterfeit, to forge
  • 似顔絵にがおえ人の顔を描いた絵。 歌舞伎役者または特定の人物を描いた浮世絵。portrait, likeness, sketch (of a face)
  • 似合わしいにあわしいwell-matched, suitable, becoming
  • 似つかわしいにつかわしいsuitable, appropriate, becoming, fitting
  • 似に（に）名詞の下に付いて複合語をつくり、そのものに似ている様を表す。looking like (someone), taking after (either of one's parents)
  • 似非えせfalse, pseudo-, quasi-, would-be
  • 似鱚にぎすdeepsea smelt (Glossanodon semifasciatus)
  • 似鯉にごいHemibarbus barbus (species of cyprinid)
  • 似姿にすがたeffigy, likeness, portrait, statue
  • 似絵にせえnise-e
  • 似たりにたりfake, copy, barge, lighter
  • 似た者にたものsimilar people
  • 似寄りによりsimilarity
  • 似寄るによるto resemble
  • 似非事えせごとlaughable affair, unlaudable affair, something unreliable

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-2-5
Four Corner
2820.0
Spahn–Hadamitzky
2a5.11
Heisig
1106
Nelson
376