U+4F3C, 似
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F3C

[U+4F3B]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+4F3D]

Translingual

Stroke order
7 strokes

Han character

(Kangxi radical 9, +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 )

Derived characters

  • 𠳎, , 𬠊, 𩛮, 𠏳, 𫣵, 𫈄

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

trad.
simp. #
alternative forms

𠚦

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character




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).

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *ljɯʔ) : semantic (human) + phonetic (OC *lɯʔ).

Pronunciation 1


Note:
  • ti4 - vernacular;
  • lhu4 - literary.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (17)
Final () (19)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter ziX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/zɨX/
Pan
Wuyun
/zɨX/
Shao
Rongfen
/zieX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/zɨX/
Li
Rong
/ziəX/
Wang
Li
/zĭəX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ziX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
zi6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
Middle
Chinese
‹ ziX ›
Old
Chinese
/*sə.ləʔ/
English resemble

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 14925
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ljɯʔ/
Notes

Definitions

  1. to be like; to be similar to; to resemble
       lèi   similar; similar to
       xiāng   similar
    阿媽 [Cantonese, trad.]
    阿妈 [Cantonese, simp.]
    nei5 ci5 m4 ci5 nei5 aa3 maa1 gaa3? [Jyutping]
    Do you look like your mom?
  2. Used in conjunction with another adjective in a comparison that the first object/person is in a better position than the second.
    點子一個一個 [MSC, trad.]
    点子一个一个 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā de diǎnzi zhēn duō, yīge hǎo yīge. [Pinyin]
    He has so many ideas, each one better than the next.
  3. as if; it seems that...
          as if
  4. to give; to present
  5. Alternative form of (, to inherit)
  6. Alternative form of ()
Synonyms
  • (to be like):
  • (as if):

Compounds

  • 一似 (yīsì)
  • 不似
  • 不差似
  • 不弱似
  • 也似
  • 了似
  • 亞似亚似
  • 令似
  • 似乎 (sìhū)
  • 何似
  • 似如
  • 似懂非懂 (sìdǒngfēidǒng)
  • 似是而非 (sìshì'érfēi)
  • 似曾相識似曾相识 (sìcéngxiāngshí)
  • 似有如無似有如无
  • 似水如魚似水如鱼
  • 似漆如膠似漆如胶
  • 似玉如花
  • 似箭如梭
  • 似續似续
  • 似若
  • 似許似许
  • 似醉如痴
  • 似類似类
  • 侯門似海侯门似海
  • 假似
  • 像似
  • 儗似拟似
  • 儔似俦似
  • 光陰似水光阴似水
  • 光陰似箭光阴似箭 (guāngyīn sì jiàn)
  • 切似
  • 分似
  • 前程似錦前程似锦 (qiánchéngsìjǐn)
  • 前途似錦前途似锦
  • 勝似胜似 (shèngsì)
  • 匹似
  • 匹似閑匹似闲
  • 反不似
  • 口似懸河口似悬河
  • 呆似木雞呆似木鸡
  • 大似
  • 大奸似忠
  • 大姦似忠大奸似忠
  • 奚似
  • 好似 (hǎosì)
  • 好便似
  • 如夢似幻如梦似幻
  • 如幻似真
  • 如狼似虎
  • 如珠似玉
  • 如痴似醉
  • 如癡似醉如痴似醉
  • 如膠似漆如胶似漆 (rújiāosìqī)
  • 如花似月
  • 如花似朵
  • 如花似玉
  • 如花似錦如花似锦
  • 好語似珠好语似珠
  • 如飢似渴如饥似渴 (rújīsìkě)
  • 如饑似渴如饥似渴
  • 如魚似水如鱼似水
  • 如龍似虎如龙似虎
  • 宛似
  • 客似雲來客似云来 (kèsìyúnlái)
  • 寄似
  • 寫似写似
  • 強似强似 (qiángsì)
  • 强似 (qiángsì)
  • 形似 (xíngsì)
  • 影似
  • 得似
  • 忽似
  • 怪似
  • 恰似 (qiàsì)
  • 恰便似
  • 悄似
  • 情深似海
  • 想似
  • 意似
  • 意意似似
  • 手寫辨似手写辨似
  • 把似
  • 指似
  • 撥風也似拨风也似
  • 文似其人
  • 春深似海
  • 暴雷也似
  • 有似
  • 有紅似白有红似白
  • 欲似
  • 歸心似箭归心似箭 (guīxīnsìjiàn)
  • 比似
  • 活似
  • 活似真的
  • 渾一似浑一似
  • 渾不似浑不似
  • 渾似浑似
  • 潑天也似泼天也似
  • 無似无似
  • 煞強似煞强似
  • 熟似 (se̍k-sāi) (Min Nan)
  • 熟似人 (se̍k-sāi-lâng) (Min Nan)
  • 爭似争似
  • 疋似
  • 疑似 (yísì)
  • 目似明星
  • 目似點漆目似点漆
  • 直似 (zhísì)
  • 相似 (xiāngsì)
  • 相似形 (xiāngsìxíng)
  • 眉似春山
  • 相似詞相似词
  • 真似
  • 神似 (shénsì)
  • 索強似索强似
  • 肖似
  • 脫似脱似
  • 脣似抹硃唇似抹朱
  • 舉似举似
  • 計似计似
  • 譬似
  • 譬似閑譬似闲
  • 象似
  • 貌似 (màosì)
  • 賽似赛似
  • 辨似
  • 近似 (jìnsì)
  • 近似值 (jìnsìzhí)
  • 送似
  • 逼似
  • 酷似 (kùsì)
  • 雅似
  • 韶光似箭
  • 類似类似 (lèisì)

Pronunciation 2


Definitions

  1. Only used in 似的 (shìde, “like”).

Compounds

  • 似的 (shìde)
  • 有鬼似的
  • 木頭似的木头似的
  • 沒命似的没命似的
  • 猴子似的
  • 箭也似的
  • 蠶兒似的蚕儿似的
  • 飛也似的飞也似的

Japanese

Kanji

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. becoming
  2. resemble
  3. counterfeit
  4. imitate
  5. suitable

Readings

Korean

Hanja

(eum (sa))

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Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: tự, tợ, tựa, từa

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References

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