似
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to seem; to appear; to resemble; similar; -like; pseudo-; (more) than
- HSK 3.0
- Level 3
- Old HSK
- Level 5
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 人 +5
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 似
- Common rank
- #1,478
- Unicode
- U+4F3C
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Formation & memory
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How to remember it
similar · Heisig RSH #862
人 person + 以 by means of
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 似
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 似水年华 | fleeting years (idiom) | |
| 如金似玉 | like gold or jade (idiom); gorgeous; lovely; splendorous | |
| 如花似玉 | delicate as a flower, refined as a precious jade (idiom); (of a woman) exquisite | |
| 相似性 | resemblance; similarity | |
| 客似云来 | to be bustling with customers | |
| 相似词 | synonym | |
| 似是而非 | apparently right but actually wrong; specious (idiom) | |
| 类似点 | resemblance | |
| 似笑非笑 | like a smile yet not a smile (idiom) | |
| 似地 | (used to form an adverbial phrase X + 似地[shi4 de5]) like (X); as if (X); Taiwan pr. [si4de… | |
| 无似 | extremely; unworthy (self-deprecatory term) | |
| 神似 | similar in expression and spirit; to bear a remarkable resemblance to | |
| 近似解 | approximate solution | |
| 相似 | similar; alike | |
| 柔情似水 | tender and soft as water; deeply attached to sb | |
| 如狼似虎 | lit. like wolves and tigers; ruthless | |
| 好似 | to seem; to be like | |
| 归心似箭 | with one's heart set on speeding home (idiom) | |
| 形似 | similar in shape and appearance | |
| 光阴似箭 | time flies like an arrow (idiom); How time flies! |