似 — kanji meaning “becoming”
似
becoming, resemble, counterfeit, imitate, suitable
- Meanings
- becoming, resemble, counterfeit, imitate, suitable
- On'yomi
- ジ (ji)
- Kun'yomi
- に.る、ひ.る
- Name readings
- にた
- Strokes
- 7
- School grade
- 5
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #923 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 9
- Chinese reading
- sì, shì — Chinese character page
Words with 似
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 類似 | るいじ ruiji | resemblance; similarity; likeness |
| 似合う | にあう niau | to suit; to match; to become |
| 真似 | まね mane | imitating; copying; mimicry |
| 似合い | にあい niai | well-matched (esp. of a couple); becoming; suitable |
| 似る | にる niru | to resemble; to look like; to be like |
| 疑似 | ぎじ giji | pseudo; quasi; false |
| 酷似 | こくじ kokuji | resembling closely; being strikingly similar; bearing a strong likeness |
| 似せる | にせる niseru | to copy; to imitate; to counterfeit |
| 似顔絵 | にがおえ nigaoe | portrait; likeness; sketch (of a face) |
| 相似 | そうじ souji | resemblance; likeness; similitude |
| 似顔 | にがお nigao | portrait; likeness |
| 似通う | にかよう nikayou | to resemble closely |
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