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似

Resemble
Stroke count: 7

Readings

On readingジ
Kun readingに.る、に.せる、に.て
JLPT level: N3JōyōGrade 5Level 31

Verbs with «似»

似る似合う類似する真似る真似する

Meanings

  1. resemble
  2. imitate
  3. suitable
  4. similarRtK
  1. looking like (someone)
  2. taking after (either of one's parents)

Popular Usage

似る

Radicals and components

Radical人person亻variant
Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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becoming · person (人) · by means of · plow · drop (丶) · person (人)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1106

Compound words

似るにる
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar
酷似こくじ
resembling closely; being strikingly similar; bearing a strong likeness
似顔にがお
portrait; likeness
真似まね
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour
相似そうじ
resemblance; likeness; similitude; similarity; analogy
類似るいじ
resemblance; similarity; likeness; analogy
疑似ぎじ
pseudo; quasi; false; para-; mock
似せるにせる
to copy; to imitate; to counterfeit; to forge
似顔絵にがおえ
portrait; likeness; sketch (of a face)
似合いにあい
well-matched (esp. of a couple); becoming; suitable
似合うにあう
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
似通うにかよう
to resemble closely
真似るまねる
to mimic; to imitate
擬似ぎじ
pseudo, quasi, simulated
近似きんじ
approximation
空似そらに
accidental resemblance
似非えせ
false
似鱚にぎす
deepsea smelt (Glossanodon semifasciatus)
そら似そらに
accidental resemblance
に似てににて
similar to
猿真似さるまね
indiscriminate imitation
疑似症ぎじしょう
suspected case (of a disease)
近似値きんじち
approximate value
似たりにたり
fake

Additional Examples

彼は帽子を取り上げて、似合うかどうか見るためにかぶってみた。
He picked up a hat and put it on to see how it would look.tatoeba
彼は母親に似ている。
He resembles his mother.tatoeba
彼は父親似だ。
He takes after his father.tatoeba
彼は父親に良く似ている。
He resembles his father very much.tatoeba
外観は畳袈裟に似る。
Its appearance resembles tatami-gesa (Buddhist stole which can be folded).wiki
バドミントンに似る。
Hanetsuki is similar to badminton.wiki

Stroke Order

7 strokes

Resemble. 亻 (person) + 以 — one person looking like another. 似合う — suit (clothes).

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 似

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