似 — becoming, resemble, counterfeit

にる似 becoming

にる

U+4F3C Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #923 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1106 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

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Meanings

becoming
resemble
counterfeit
imitate
suitable

Readings

On'yomi: じ ji
Kun'yomi: に ni

word

に ni Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

似(に) る niru to resemble 似(に) 合(あ) う niau to suit 似(に) 顔(がお) 絵(え) nigaoe portrait 似(に) せる niseru to copy 似(に) 合(あ) い niai well-matched (esp. of a couple) 似(に) 通(かよ) う nikayou to resemble closely 似(に) 顔(がお) nigao portrait

じ ji On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

類(るい) 似(じ) ruiji resemblance 酷(こく) 似(じ) kokuji resembling closely

ね ne

真(ま) 似(ね) mane imitation 真(ま) 似(ね) る maneru to imitate

Words by frequency and grade

11 words

Each dot is a word containing 似: further left is more common, higher up needs a later school grade (the grade of its hardest kanji). Click a dot to open the word.

S = secondary school · 5 words have no frequency rank; they sit in the Unranked column.

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

亻 person (left form)

い以 by means of

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