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似

JLPT N3 SL5 7 strokes Frequency: #923

Meanings

Becoming, Resemble, Counterfeit, Imitate, Suitable

Radicals

亻

Decomposition

⿰亻以

Etymology

Ideographic: One person 亻 resembles another

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 7

Stroke Order

1 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left

2 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

3 vertical right-to-left

4 rising bottom-to-top

5 dot bottom-right-to-top-left

6 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left

7 dot bottom-right-to-top-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ジ ji

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

に ni

ひ hi

Words Using This Kanji

109 words total

Other (20 words)

to resemble

false

sophistry

much the same

portrait

to suit

sham

to mimic

imitating

copy cat

imitation

resemblance

accidental resemblance

不似合いふにあい

unbecoming

物真似ものまね

imitation (of someone, something)

resemblance

pseudo

suitable

mimicking someone's speech

似たりにたり

fake

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