似

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似 U+4F3C, 似
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F3C
← 伻
[U+4F3B] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 伽 →
[U+4F3D]

Translingual[edit]

Stroke order
7 strokes

Han character[edit]

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[edit]

References[edit]

  • KangXi: 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[edit]

trad. 似
simp. # 似
alternative forms 佀
仏
𠚦

Glyph origin[edit]

Historical forms of the character 似
Bronze inscriptions

b12336

b12337

b12338

b12339

b12340

b12341

b12342

b12343

b12344

b12345

b12346

b12347

b12348

b12349

b12350

b12351

Small seal script

s05799

Transcribed ancient scripts

L34166

L13771

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).
Characters in the same phonetic series (以) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
似 *ljɯʔ
姒 *ljɯʔ
耜 *ljɯʔ
佀 *ljɯʔ
以 *lɯʔ
苡 *lɯʔ
苢 *lɯʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ljɯʔ): semantic 亻 (“human”) + phonetic 以 (OC *lɯʔ).

Pronunciation 1[edit]

Note:
  • sāi - vernacular;
  • sǐr/sū/sī - literary.
Rime
Character 似
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 邪 (17)
Final (韻) 之 (19)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 詳里切
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 		sì
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		zi6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 似
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		sì
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 似
Reading # 1/1
No. 14925
Phonetic
component 		以
Rime
group 		之
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		似
Old
Chinese 		/*ljɯʔ/
Notes 說文做佀金文從臺

Definitions[edit]

似

  1. 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? [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.
    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. [Pinyin]
    He has so many ideas, each one better than the next.
  3. as if; it seems that...
    似乎  ―  sìhū  ―  as if
  4. † to give; to present
  5. † Alternative form of 嗣 (sì, “to inherit”).
  6. † Alternative form of 以 (yǐ).
Synonyms[edit]
  • (to be like):
Dialectal synonyms of 像 (“to be like; to be similar to; to resemble”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 似
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 像
Mandarin Taiwan 像
Yantai (Muping) 像
Wanrong 像
Wuhan 像
Chengdu 像
Guilin 像
Malaysia 像
Singapore 像
Cantonese Guangzhou 似
Hong Kong 似
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 似
Singapore (Guangfu) 似
Gan Nanchang 像
Lichuan 像
Jin Taiyuan 像
Min Dong Fuzhou 像
Min Nan Xiamen 像
Taipei 像
New Taipei (Sanxia) 像
Kaohsiung 像
Yilan 像
Changhua (Lukang) 像
Taichung 像
Tainan 像
Hsinchu 像
Kinmen 像
Penghu (Magong) 像
Singapore (Hokkien) 𫝛, macam
Chaozhou 然
Shantou 然
Jieyang 然
Singapore (Teochew) 然, macam
Batam (Teochew) 然, macam
Haikou 像
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 像
Wu Danyang 像
Ningbo 像, 像人家, 像家
  • (as if):
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Synonyms of 似

Compounds[edit]

Derived terms from 似

Pronunciation 2[edit]

Definitions[edit]

似

  1. Only used in 似的 (shìde, “like”).

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

似

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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

Readings[edit]

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

似 (eum 사 (sa))

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Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

似: Hán Nôm readings: tự, tợ, tựa, từa

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References[edit]

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