The kanji 似 primarily conveys the idea of "resemblance," "similarity," or "to be like." It describes a relationship where two things share common characteristics or features. It can also imply imitation or something being similar to something else.

・On-yomi (音読み): ジ (pronounced "ji") ・Kun-yomi (訓読み): 似(に)る (pronounced "ni-ru") - meaning "to resemble," "to be similar"

⚫︎似(に)ている Translation: similar; resembling ⚫︎性格(せいかく)が似(に)ている Translation: similar in personality; have a similar personality ⚫︎彼(かれ)は父(ちち)に似(に)ている Translation: He resembles his father.

The kanji 似 is a phono-semantic compound (形声文字; keisei moji). The right side of the character, 以(い/i), acts as the phonetic component, indicating the sound. The left side, 人(にん/ひと/nin/hito), which means "person," or sometimes replaced by other radicals which are related to people, provides the semantic (meaning) component, indicating the concept of similarity or resemblance in human appearance or characteristics. Thus, the character combines a sound element and a meaning element to create the sense of "resembling" or "being similar to."