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Kanji Grade 5 - 似

Kanji character Grade 5 似. Writing practice along with onyomi and kunyomi readings.

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Kanji Grade 5 - 似
About
becoming, resemble, counterfeit, imitate, suitable
Kun: に.る、 ひ.る
On: ジ
7 strokes
Radical: man, human 人 (亻)
Parts: 丶 人 化
 
Onyomi
似我蜂 【ジガバチ】 red-banded sand wasp (Ammophila sabulosa), thread-waisted wasp (any wasp of family Sphecidae, incl. digger wasps and mud daubers)
酷似 【コクジ】 resembling closely, being strikingly similar, bearing a strong likeness
疑似 【ギジ】 pseudo, quasi, false, para-, mock, sham, suspected (case, e.g. of disease)
 
Kunyomi
似る 【にる】 to resemble, to look like, to take after, to be similar (in status, condition, etc.), to be close, to be alike, to be like