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
偶
23 July, 2022
Today's #kanji is 偶, which is listed under its semantic element of #にんべん（亻）, which s...
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