似 Kanji for resemble

N3–N2Grade 57 strokes

resemble, becoming, counterfeit, imitate, suitable

Kun: に.る、ひ.る
On: ジ

似 is the Japanese kanji for resemble, becoming, counterfeit, imitate, suitable. It is written with 7 strokes and appears at JLPT level N3–N2. Its kun reading is に.る、ひ.る and its on reading is ジ.

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Words with 似

似にるto resemble, to look like, to be like
似にせるto copy, to imitate, to counterfeit
似につかわしいsuitable, appropriate, becoming
似に顔がおportrait, likeness
類るい似じresemblance, similarity, likeness
疑ぎ似じpseudo, quasi, false

Practice 似 with brush strokes, spaced repetition and quizzes in the app.