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似 — 7 strokes ／ Radical「亻」

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6Elementary year 5 ／ 7 strokes ／ Radical「亻」
On
ジじ · ji
Kun
に(る)ni(ru)
Meaning
to resemble; be similar

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

亻 "person" plus 以; a person doing as another does — hence "to resemble."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onジじji類似るいじ酷似こくじ疑似ぎじ
Kunにるniru似るにる似顔にがお

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 類似るいじ

    similarity

  • 似顔絵にがおえ

    portrait; likeness

More words with this kanji

  • 酷似こくじ

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

妹(いもうと)は母(はは)によく似(に)ている。

My little sister looks a lot like our mother.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 亻Map of reading ジAll maps

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