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Chinese symbol for “alike”

相似
xiāng sì
similar; alike

The closest CC-CEDICT match for alike is 相似 (xiāng sì), defined as: similar; alike.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

相 xiāng
mutual, reciprocal; equal; each other
radical 109 ⽬ · 9 strokes
似 sì
resembling, similar to; as if, to seem
radical 9 ⼈ · 6 strokes

Other Chinese words for “alike”

WordPinyinMeaning
同tónglike; same
仿佛fǎng fúto seem; as if; seemingly; alike; similar
仿佛 (彷彿)fǎng fúto seem; as if; seemingly; alike; similar
同类 (同類)tóng lèisimilar; same type
有如yǒu rúto be like sth; similar to

Related words

Other words that share a character with 相似.

WordPinyinMeaning
相关 (相關)xiāng guānrelated; relevant
相信xiāng xìnto believe; to be convinced; to accept as true
相当 (相當)xiāng dāngequivalent to; appropriate
相同xiāng tóngidentical; same
相对 (相對)xiāng duìrelatively; opposite
互相hù xiāngeach other; mutually
类似 (類似)lèi sìsimilar; analogous
似乎sì hūit seems; seemingly; as if

See also: Japanese symbol for “alike”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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