似 – becoming, resemble, counterfeit

7 strokesTaught in grade 5#923 in newspaper frequencyN4 vocabulary

The kanji 似 means becoming, resemble, counterfeit, imitate, suitable. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ジ (ji); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is に.る、ひ.る (niru, hiru). It is written with 7 strokes, under radical 人 (no. 9).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ジ	ji
Kun’yomi	に.る	niru
Kun’yomi	ひ.る	hiru

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 人 (Kangxi radical 9). Components: 化・人・丶.

Words using 似

似るにるto resemble真似まねimitating似合うにあうto suit真似るまねるto mimic類似るいじresemblance似通うにかようto resemble closely

Example sentences

私も似た話を聞いたことがある。

I also heard a similar story.

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私の妹は、祖母に似ている。

My sister resembles my grandmother.

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ニュージーランドの気候は日本のと似ている。

The climate of New Zealand is similar to that of Japan.

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Kanji with the same radical

会人今代体作以保信件側任使係価住

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