似 — Chinese character
似
shì
resembling, similar to; as if, to seem
- Pinyin
- shì
- Radical
- 9 ⼈ (Man)
- Strokes
- 6
- Components
- 亻 以
- Formation
- ideographic — One person 亻 resembles another
- Japanese
- 似 as a kanji
Common words with 似
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 类似 (類似) | lèi sì | similar; analogous |
| 似乎 | sì hū | it seems; seemingly; as if |
| 相似 | xiāng sì | similar; alike |
| 似的 | shì de | seems as if; rather like |
| 看似 | kàn sì | to look as if; to seem |
| 疑似 | yí sì | to be suspected to be |
| 近似 | jìn sì | to approximate; to be similar |
| 貌似 | mào sì | to appear to be; to seem as if |
| 好似 | hǎo sì | to seem; to be like |
| 似曾相识 (似曾相識) | sì céng xiāng shí | déjà vu (the experience of seeing exactly the same situation a second time); seemingly familiar |
| 形似 | xíng sì | similar in shape and appearance |
| 相似性 | xiāng sì xìng | resemblance; similarity |
English words written with 似
似 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 5 · Analects 3 · Mencius 16 · Zhuangzi 39 · Doctrine of the Mean 1
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 4
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 20
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 67
- Analects 10.1
- Analects 10.4
- Mencius 1A.6
- Mencius 2A.2
- Mencius 2B.2
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