相似

to resemble / similar / like / resemblance / similarity

Characters and words in 相似

each other / one another / mutually / fret on the neck of a pipa 琵琶[pi2 pa5] (a fret on the soundboard is called a 品[pin3])

Add a new mnemonic for 相 = 木 + 目

相

xiàng = xi + ang4

appearance / portrait / picture / government minister / (physics) phase / (literary) to appraise (esp. by scrutinizing physical features) / to read sb's fortune (by physiognomy, palmistry etc)

Add a new mnemonic for 相 = 木 + 目

相 = 木 + 目 : Mnemonic symbol: I take "eye" and "tree" as resembling an ent, an alive tree. Xi Shi (xi) portrays (相) an ent (相) in the anglepod's bathroom (ang4). Unfortunately she's really bad at painting, and her portrait resembles more a Christmas tree (木). The Eye of Providence (目) enters and, just from the shape of the Christmas Tree, instantly recognizes its own portrait (相).

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似

shì = sh + Ø4

see 似的[shi4 de5]

Add a new mnemonic for 似 = 亻 + 以

似

sì = s + Ø4

to seem / to appear / to resemble / similar / -like / pseudo- / (more) than

Add a new mnemonic for 似 = 亻 + 以

似 = 亻 + 以 : Socrates and Rosa Luxemburg are practising their performance in the space station's bathroom. They practice a synchronized dance where they both wear Groucho glasses.

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似

佀

sì = s + Ø4

old variant of 似[si4]

Add a new mnemonic for 似 = 亻 + 以

Add a new mnemonic for 佀 = 亻 + 㠯

似 = 亻 + 以 : Socrates and Rosa Luxemburg are practising their performance in the space station's bathroom. They practice a synchronized dance where they both wear Groucho glasses.

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