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The character 似, which primarily conveys the meaning "to resemble" or "to be similar to", originates from a semantic-phonetic composition. Its traditional form is identical, structured with the person radical 亻on the left, indicating a human-related concept, and the component 以 on the right, which historically functioned as the phonetic element and also carried its own semantic weight of "to use" or "to take". This combination originally produced a sense of giving something a form or appearance, leading to meanings related to imitation and likeness. Over time, its core meaning solidified around resemblance, while its older, more verbal sense of "to give" or "to present" became archaic and fell out of common use, leaving the concept of similarity as its dominant function.
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他似乎很忙。
这花似玫瑰。
她笑得似孩子。
天空似蓝色的海洋。
这个问题似乎很难解决。
他们的观点相似之处很多。
这种材料似金属但更轻。
他说话的速度似赛车般飞快。