相似

Chinese
 
each other; appearance; portrait
each other; appearance; portrait; picture; one another; mutually
 
to seem; to appear; similar
to seem; to appear; similar; like; to resemble
trad. (相似) 相 似
simp. #(相似) 相 似

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 相 似
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Initial (聲) 心 (16) 邪 (17)
Final (韻) 陽 (105) 之 (19)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 息良切 詳里切
Baxter sjang ziX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /sɨɐŋ/ /zɨX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /siɐŋ/ /zɨX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /siɑŋ/ /zieX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /sɨaŋ/ /zɨX/
Li
Rong		 /siaŋ/ /ziəX/
Wang
Li		 /sĭaŋ/ /zĭəX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /si̯aŋ/ /ziX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 xiāng sì
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 soeng1 zi6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 相 似
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 xiāng sì
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ sjang › ‹ ziX ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[s]aŋ/ /*sə.ləʔ/
English mutually resemble

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 相 似
Reading # 1/2 1/1
No. 13579 14925
Phonetic
component		 相 以
Rime
group		 陽 之
Rime
subdivision		 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 襄 似
Old
Chinese		 /*slaŋ/ /*ljɯʔ/
Notes 說文做佀金文從臺

Adjective

相似

  1. similar; alike
  2. (geometry, of two shapes) similar

Synonyms
  • (similar): 相近 (xiāngjìn)

Verb

相似

  1. to be similar; to be alike
  2. (geometry, of two shapes) to be similar

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (相似):

See also

Japanese
Kanji in this term
相 似
そう
Grade: 3		 じ
Grade: 5
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

相(そう)似(じ) • (sōji) ←さうじ (sauzi)?

  1. resemblance, similarity

Verb

相(そう)似(じ)する • (sōji suru) ←さうじ (sauzi)?suru (stem 相(そう)似(じ)し (sōji shi), past 相(そう)似(じ)した (sōji shita))

  1. resemble

Conjugation
Conjugation of "相似する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 相似し そうじし sōji shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 相似し そうじし sōji shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 相似する そうじする sōji suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 相似する そうじする sōji suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 相似すれ そうじすれ sōji sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 相似せよ¹
相似しろ²		 そうじせよ¹
そうじしろ²		 sōji seyo¹
sōji shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 相似される そうじされる sōji sareru
Causative 相似させる
相似さす		 そうじさせる
そうじさす		 sōji saseru
sōji sasu
Potential 相似できる そうじできる sōji dekiru
Volitional 相似しよう そうじしよう sōji shiyō
Negative 相似しない そうじしない sōji shinai
Negative continuative 相似せず そうじせず sōji sezu
Formal 相似します そうじします sōji shimasu
Perfective 相似した そうじした sōji shita
Conjunctive 相似して そうじして sōji shite
Hypothetical conditional 相似すれば そうじすれば sōji sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean
Hanja in this term
相似

Noun

相似 • (sangsa) (hangeul 상사)

  1. Hanja form? of 상사.

Vietnamese
chữ Hán Nôm in this term
相似

Adjective

相似

  1. chữ Hán form of tương tự.
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