似
sìshì HSK3

resemble

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approved by Peter Olson · Mar 2, 2026, 04:09 AM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Mar 2, 2026, 04:09 AM

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Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 以 represents the sound.

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component
rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

以
以 Sound component
yǐ by means of
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartziXsə.ləʔ resemble

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica