擬 means “mimic, mock”

ぎ · gi

Also: aim (a gun) at, nominate, imitate

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

まがい, もどき

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ギ

JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 17 strokes

The story

A hand (扌) beside 疑, doubt: picture something handmade so convincing you doubt it is fake. 擬 is seeming without being: 擬態 is mimicry, 模擬試験 a mock exam, and 擬音語 the sound words, like ワンワン and ザーザー, that Japanese uses so freely.

Used in 模擬 (mogi, mock/simulated), 擬音語 (giongo, onomatopoeia), and 擬人化 (gijinka, personification)

More from Copies & Models

• 矯 straighten
• 謄 copy
• 抄 excerpt
• 倣 imitate
• 塑 model
• 模 model
• 仮 temporary
• 範 model
• 肖 likeness

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