似

Translingual

Stroke order

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 亻 (“person”) + phonetic 以 – resemblance between people.

Han character

似 (radical 9 人+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 人女戈人 (OVIO), four-corner 2820₀, composition ⿰亻以)

1. resemble, similar to
2. as if, seem

References

• KangXi: page 97, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 485
• Dae Jaweon: page 205, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 127, character 2
• Unihan data for U+4F3C

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Cantonese

Hanzi

似 (Yale chi5)

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Japanese

Kanji

似 (grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: じ (ji)
• Kun: にる (niru)

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Korean

Hanja

似 (hangeul 사, revised sa, McCune-Reischauer sa)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

似 (pinyin sì (si4), shì (shi4), Wade-Giles ssu⁴)

Adverb

似 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin sì)

1. like, resembling
2. used in conjunction with another adjective in a comparison that the first object/person is in a better position than the second

   他的点子真多, 一个好似一个. — He has so many ideas, each one better than the next.

Compounds

• (like): 类似, 相似

Adverb

似 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin shì)

1. usually used at the end of a sentence/subclause along with 的 (de) to show an emphasis on the adjective.; just like

   我被他气得什么似的, 他根本就没有在听我说话.

   I am so indescribably livid with him - he isn't even listening to what I am saying. (literally: I am angered by him like whatever - he isn't at all listening to my speaking)

Usage

• The meaning of this pronunciation is similar to sì. They differ only in where in a sentence they are used.

Conjunction

似 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin sì)

1. as if; it seems that...

Compounds

• (as if): 似乎

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Vietnamese

Han character

似 (tự, tợ, tựa, từa)