酷 kù
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 酉 — wine
- Made of
- 酉 wine 告 to tell, to inform, to announce
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
酷似
kùsì
to closely resemble
Characters in this word
似 sì
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 亻 — man, person
- Made of
- 亻 man, person 以 according to
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 这座新建的美术馆酷似一艘搁浅的船，因此一开放就成了地标。 Zhè zuò xīnjiàn de měishùguǎn kùsì yì sōu gēqiǎn de chuán, yīncǐ yì kāifàng jiù chéng le dìbiāo. This newly built art museum closely resembles a stranded ship, so it became a landmark as soon as it opened.
- 这个孩子的笑容酷似他的爸爸。 Zhège háizi de xiàoróng kùsì tā de bàba. This child's smile closely resembles his father's.
- 远处的山峰酷似一只趴着的老虎。 Yuǎnchù de shānfēng kùsì yì zhī pā zhe de lǎohǔ. The distant mountain peak closely resembles a crouching tiger.
Related words
- 酷 kù cool, awesome
- 残酷 cánkù cruel; harsh
- 冷酷 lěngkù cold-hearted; ruthless
- 类似 lèisì similar
- 相似 xiāngsì similar
- 似的 shìde as if (comparison)
- 似乎 sìhū seemingly; it seems
- 看似 kànsì to seem, to appear
- 好似 hǎosì to seem; to be like
- 似曾相识 sìcéngxiāngshí to seem familiar; déjà vu
- 似是而非 sìshì'érfēi specious; seemingly right but actually wrong
- 年迈 niánmài elderly; aged