似 (sì)
to seem/to appear/similar/like
How 似 is written
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 亻 — human
- Traditional
- 似
- Simplified
- 似 (unchanged)
Components
- 亻 human
- 乚 second
- 丶 dot
- 人 human
Common words using 似
- 似乎 sìhū
- apparently; to seem; to appear
- 貌似 màosì
- to appear to be; to seem as if
- 似的 shìde
- seems as if; rather like
- 好似 hǎosì
- to seem; to be like
- 相似 xiāngsì
- to resemble; similar; like
- 看似 kànsì
- to look as if; to seem
- 類似 lèisì
- similar; analogous
- 仿似 fǎngsì
- as if; to seem
- 似懂非懂 sìdǒngfēidǒng
- to seem to understand, but not to understand (idiom)
- 似是而非 sìshìérfēi
- apparently right but actually wrong; specious (idiom)
- 似曾相識 sìcéngxiāngshí
- déjà vu (the experience of seeing exactly the same situation a second time); seemingly familiar; apparently already acquainted
- 似笑非笑 sìxiàofēixiào
- like a smile yet not a smile (idiom)
似 in a sentence
天空陰陰的，似乎快要下雨了。
Tiānkōng yīnyīn de, sìhū kuàiyào xiàyǔ le.
“The sky is overcast; it seems like it's going to rain soon.”
How common is 似?
似 is the 431st most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 72.6% of all running text.
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