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Translingual
Stroke order
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Han character
似 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+4 in Chinese, 人+5 in Japanese, 6 strokes in Chinese, 7 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 人女戈人 (OVIO), four-corner 28200, composition ⿰亻以)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 97, character 10
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 485
- Dae Jaweon: page 205, character 16
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 127, character 2
- Unihan data for U+4F3C
Chinese
Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 似
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b12336 b12337 b12338 b12339 b12340 b12341 b12342 b12343 b12344 b12345 b12346 b12347 b12348 b12349 b12350 b12351
s05799
Transcribed ancient scripts L34166 L13771
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References:
Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:
- Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
- Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
- Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
- Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
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Old Chinese
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似
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*ljɯʔ
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姒
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*ljɯʔ
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耜
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*ljɯʔ
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佀
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*ljɯʔ
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以
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*lɯʔ
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苡
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*lɯʔ
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苢
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*lɯʔ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ljɯʔ) : semantic 亻 (“human”) + phonetic 以 (OC *lɯʔ).
Pronunciation 1
Note:
- ti4 - vernacular;
- lhu4 - literary.
Note:
- sāi - vernacular;
- sǐr/sū/sī - literary.
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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似
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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sì
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Middle Chinese
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‹ ziX ›
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Old Chinese
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/*sə.ləʔ/
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English
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resemble
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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似
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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14925
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Phonetic component
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以
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Rime group
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之
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Rime subdivision
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0
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Corresponding MC rime
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似
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Old Chinese
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/*ljɯʔ/
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Notes
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說文做佀金文從臺
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Definitions
似
- to be like; to be similar to; to resemble
- 類似/类似 ― lèisì ― similar; similar to
- 相似 ― xiāngsì ― similar
你似唔似你阿媽㗎? [Cantonese, trad.]
你似唔似你阿妈㗎? [Cantonese, simp.]- nei5 ci5 m4 ci5 nei5 aa3 maa1 gaa3?
- Do you look like your mom?
- Used in conjunction with another adjective in a comparison that the first object/person is in a better position than the second.
他的點子真多,一個好似一個。 [MSC, trad.]
他的点子真多,一个好似一个。 [MSC, simp.]- Tā de diǎnzi zhēn duō, yīge hǎosì yīge.
- He has so many ideas, each one better than the next.
- as if; it seems that...
- 似乎 ― sìhū ― as if
- † to give; to present
- † Alternative form of 嗣 (sì, “to inherit”)
- † Alternative form of 以 (yǐ)
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
像 (“to be like; to be similar to; to resemble”)
- 不啻 (bùchì) (literary)
- 似乎 (sìhū)
- 似如 (si4 y2) (Xiang)
- 像 (xiàng)
- 像係 / 像系 (Hakka)
- 像是 (xiàngshì)
- 儼如 / 俨如 (yǎnrú) (literary)
- 儼然 / 俨然 (yǎnrán)
- 儼若 / 俨若 (yǎnruò) (literary)
- 勝如 / 胜如 (5sen-zy) (Wu)
- 好似 (hǎosì)
- 好像 (hǎoxiàng)
- 如同 (rútóng)
- 好比 (hǎobǐ)
- 宛 (Classical Chinese, or compounds only)
- 宛如 (wǎnrú) (literary)
- 宛然 (wǎnrán) (literary)
- 宛若 (wǎnruò) (literary)
- 就像 (jiùxiàng)
- 彷彿 / 仿佛 (fǎngfú)
- 忽如 (hūrú) (literary)
- 恍若 (huǎngruò)
- 敢若 (Hokkien)
- 敢若是 (Hokkien)
- 𣍐輸 / 𫧃输 (bē-su) (Hokkien)
- 有如 (yǒurú) (formal)
- 猶似 / 犹似 (yóusì) (literary)
- 猶像 / 犹像 (yóuxiàng) (literary)
- 猶如 / 犹如 (yóurú) (formal)
- 甲像 (Hokkien)
- 甲像是 (Hokkien)
- 甲親像 / 甲亲像 (Hokkien)
- 看上去 (kàn shàngqù)
- 看似 (kànsì)
- 看來 / 看来 (kànlái)
- 看樣子 / 看样子 (kànyàngzi)
- 看起來 / 看起来 (kànqilai)
- 若 (Classical Chinese, or compounds only)
- 若像 (Hokkien)
- 若親像 / 若亲像 (Hokkien)
- 表面上 (biǎomiànshang)
- 親像 / 亲像 (Hakka, Hokkien)
- 象 (xiàng)
- 貌似 (màosì)
- 賽可 / 赛可 (Ningbonese)
- 較像 / 较像 (Hokkien)
- 較像是 / 较像是 (Hokkien)
- 較親像 / 较亲像 (Hokkien)
- 顯得 / 显得 (xiǎnde)
Compounds
Pronunciation 2
Definitions
似
- Only used in 似的 (shìde, “like”).
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
似
(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)
- becoming
- resemble
- counterfeit
- imitate
- suitable
Readings
Korean
Hanja
似 (eum 사 (sa))
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Vietnamese
Han character
似: Hán Nôm readings: tự, tợ, tựa, từa
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References