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似

N3

Stroke Order

Meanings

  • becoming
  • resemble
  • counterfeit
  • imitate
  • suitable

On'yomi (音読み)

  • ジ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

  • に.る
  • ひ.る
Strokes
7
JLPT Level
N3
Frequency
#895
School Grade
Grade 5
Radical
人#9 · person

Components

Common Words

  • 似にSuffix
    looking like (someone), taking after (either of one's parents)
  • 似顔にがおNoun
    portrait, likeness
  • 類似るいじNoun
    resemblance, similarity, likeness
  • 疑似ぎじAdjective
    pseudo, quasi, false
  • 似るにるIchidan verb
    to resemble, to look like, to be like
  • 真似まねNoun
    imitating, copying, mimicry
  • 酷似こくじNoun
    resembling closely, being strikingly similar, bearing a strong likeness
  • 似せるにせるIchidan verb
    to copy, to imitate, to counterfeit

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