Chinese Character 似 Meanings and components.

Form

似

Meaning

似 meaning[3] in English

See 似的[Shi4 De5].

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 似 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'person' radical in … (亻) , and old variant of … (以)

Its radical[1] is: 人 (ren2) which means: Man, Person, People, Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4], .人ren2man

In cangjie it is written with OVIO

How to write 似

To write似shi4see 似的[shi4 … you should write a combination of 亻ren2'person' radical … , 以yi3old variant … arranged in a 吅 shape:

亻 + 以 = 似

似 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 似 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 似, looks as follow:

似
Pinyin:shi4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: See 似的[Shi4 De5]
亻
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: 'Person' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 9)
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]
以
Pinyin:yi3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 以[Yi3]
厶
Pinyin:si1
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 某[Mou3]
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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