Today’s #kanji is 似, which is listed under its semantic element of #にんべん(亻), which suggests a connection with a person. Its phonetic element is 以, although 似 and 以 don’t quite share a sound in Japanese.

Meaning: to resemble
Reading: ジ、に
疑似/擬似xxx(ギジxxx): pseudo…
近似(キンジ): (an) approximation
酷似(コクジ)する: to be very much like …, to resemble closely
相似(ソウジ)の: similar, analogous, like
類似(ルイジ)する: to resemble, to bear resemblance to, to be similar to…
似(に)る: to be like, to resemble (It is usually used in the form of ~に似ている)
似(に)合(あ)う: to suite, to befit, to be suitable, to go with…
似顔絵(にがおえ): a portrait, a likeness
空似(そらに): an accidental resemblance, a change likeness
母親似(ハハオヤに): taking after my/your/her/his mother, the (spitting) image of my/your/her/his mother
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- にんべん