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擬

擬 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Origin of the character

形声。「手」+音符「疑」。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

mimic, aim (a gun) at, nominate, imitate

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ギJHS
Kun (native)
  • まが(い)
  • もど(き)
Other languages
  • 拼音ni3
  • 한글eui
  • Hán-ViệtNghĩ

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

Basics

Strokes
17 strokes
Radical
手(て)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+64EC

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰扌疑

Words using this kanji

  • 擬きもどき-like, pseudo-, mock ..., imitation ...
  • 擬ぎpseudo-, quasi-
  • 擬音ぎおん風雨や流れ、鳥獣の声などを道具などを使用して人工的に出すこと。また、その音。imitative sound (in film, theatre, etc.), sound effect
  • 擬革ぎかくimitation leather
  • 擬古ぎこむかしの風習ややり方をまねること。imitation of classical styles
  • 擬死ぎし動物が急激な刺激に対し、死んでしまったかのように不活動な状態になること。feigning death, playing possum, tonic immobility, thanatosis
  • 擬人ぎじん人間でないものを人間に譬えること。simulation of a person
  • 擬制ぎせい便宜的に想定すること。かりになぞらえること。擬似的・虚構的に同一視するしくみ。 異なる事実を法律によって同一とみなすこと。法的擬制。(legal) fiction
  • 擬勢ぎせい見せ掛けの勢い。 動物が敵を脅す際に見せる姿勢。bluff, deceiving an enemy
  • 擬製ぎせい真似て作ること。また、作った物。imitation, forgery, copy
  • 擬態ぎたい（生物）ある生物が周囲の植物や他の生物に見せかけること。カモフラージュ。mimicry, mimesis, camouflage
  • 擬毛ぎもうimitation wool
  • 擬餌ぎじ釣りで実際に生きた餌に似せて人工的に作った餌。擬似餌。 擬餌針（擬餌鉤）の略。lure, artificial bait
  • 擬娩ぎべんcouvade (custom in which a male acts out the physical process of his own child being born)
  • 擬すぎすto imitate, to copy, to mimic, to enter someone as a candidate
  • 擬闘ぎとう俳優や役者が、演技で行う喧嘩や格闘。stage combat, staged fighting, fight choreography
  • 擬くもどくto censure, to criticize, to criticise, to rebuke
  • 擬革紙ぎかくしimitation leather
  • 擬古文ぎこぶんclassical style
  • 擬人化ぎじんか人間でないものを人間に見立てて表現すること。personification, anthropomorphization

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-14
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5708.1
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3c14.2
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1514
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2026