仿
to imitate; to copy
6 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,766 U+4EFF
How 仿 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
亻 (semantic, “to imitate a person”) + 方 (phonetic, fāng)
How to remember it
mimic · Heisig RSH #2086
人 person + compass
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 方
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 方 (fāng) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 方 sound component | fāng | square, rectangle; side; region; flag |
| 放 | fàng | to release, to liberate, to free |
| 房 | fáng | building, house, room |
| 防 | fáng | to protect, to defend, to guard against |
| 访 | fǎng | to visit; to inquire, to ask |
| 旁 | páng | side; beside, close, nearby |
| 坊 | fāng | neighborhood, district, community; street, lane; mill |
| 芳 | fāng | fragrant; beautiful, virtuous |
| 纺 | fǎng | to spin, to weave, to reel |
| 肪 | fáng | animal fat |
| 妨 | fáng | damage, harm; to impede, to obstruct; to undermine |
| 邡 | fāng | a district in Sichuan province |
| 彷 | páng | similar, alike; to resemble |
| 舫 | fǎng | yacht, fancy boat |
| 昉 | fǎng | dawn, daybreak; to appear |
| 鲂 | fáng | bream |
| 钫 | fāng | francium |
Words containing 仿
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 仿射子空间 | fǎng shè zǐ kōng jiān | (math.) affine subspace |
| 仿真服务器 | fǎng zhēn fú wù qì | emulation server |
| 仿生学 | fǎng shēng xué | bionics; bionicist |
| 仿射空间 | fǎng shè kōng jiān | (math.) affine space |
| 仿制品 | fǎng zhì pǐn | counterfeit object; fake |
| 仿制药 | fǎng zhì yào | generic drug; generic medicine |
| 仿羊皮纸 | fǎng yáng pí zhǐ | imitation parchment |
| 仿生 | fǎng shēng | to design an artificial system, taking inspiration from a living organism; bionic; biomime… |
| 仿行 | fǎng xíng | to fashion after; to imitate |
| 高仿 | gāo fǎng | imitation; quality fake |
| 模仿品 | mó fǎng pǐn | imitation product; counterfeit; knockoff |
| 相仿 | xiāng fǎng | similar |
| 仿制 | fǎng zhì | to copy; to imitate; to make by imitating a model |
| 仿如 | fǎng rú | like; similar to; as if |
| 仿皮 | fǎng pí | imitation leather |
| 仿古 | fǎng gǔ | pseudo-classical; modeled on antique; in the old style |
| 仿品 | fǎng pǐn | imitation product; counterfeit; knockoff; replica; reproduction |
| 仿射 | fǎng shè | (math.) affine |
| 仿真 | fǎng zhēn | to emulate; to simulate; emulation; simulation |
| 仿赛 | fǎng sài | race-replica motorcycle; street-legal motorcycle styled after racing bikes |