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mimic
Stroke count: 17

Readings

On readingギ
Kun readingまが.い、もど.き
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. mimicRtK
    擬声語的表現については、ホピ語に興味深い例がある。As to onomatopoetic expressions, we find interesting examples in Hopi.tatoeba
    スポーツは率直に言って模擬的な戦闘である。Sport is frankly mimic warfare.tatoeba
  2. aim (a gun) at
  3. nominate
  4. imitate

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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finger · fingers · doubt · spoon (匕) · sitting on the ground · dart · drop (丶) · heavens · chop-seal · hanko · zoo · critters

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1514

Compound words

模擬もぎ
imitation
模擬試験もぎしけん
mock exam; practice exam; practice test
擬いまがい
imitation
擬音ぎおん
imitative sound (in film, theatre, etc.)
擬革ぎかく
imitation leather
擬古ぎこ
imitation of classical styles
擬死ぎし
feigning death
擬似ぎじ
pseudo, quasi, simulated
擬人ぎじん
simulation of a person
擬勢ぎせい
bluff
擬薬ぎやく
placebo
擬蠍かにむし
pseudoscorpion (any arachnid of order Pseudoscorpionida)
摸擬もぎ
imitation
蠍擬さそりもどき
whip scorpion (Thelyphonida spp.)
鰤擬ぶりもどき
pilot fish (Naucrates ductor)
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
personification
擬態語ぎたいご
phenomime
擬宝珠ぎぼし
ornamental railing top
擬螳螂かまきりもどき
mantidfly (any insect of the family Mantispidae)
畢撥擬ひはつもどき
Javanese long pepper (Piper retrofractum)
椋鳥擬むくどりもどき
crow blackbird
梛木擬なぎもどき
agathis (genus of evergreen trees)

Additional Examples

50分の模擬試験に挑戦して、試験であなたの実力がどれくらいかがわかります。
Try a 50 minute mock examination, and know just how good you really are.tatoeba
模擬試験に何回も失敗して、実際に受けてみたら思わぬ結果が出た。
Having failed my mock examinations any number of times, when I actually tried taking it the result was nothing I'd imagined.tatoeba

Stroke Order

17 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 擬

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step