Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1990 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 17

Meaning: mimic, aim (a gun) at, nominate, imitate

Kunyomi: まが.い もど.き

Onyomi:

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: hand

Examples

Onyomi Examples

pseudo-, quasi-

疑似 ギジ pseudo, quasi, false, para-, mock, sham, suspected (case, e.g. of disease)

Kunyomi Examples

紛い まがい imitation, sham, -like

紛い物 まがいもの imitation, fake, sham

もどき -like, pseudo-, mock ..., imitation ..., in the style of ..., comical character who mocks or apes the main character (in Japanese performing arts), criticism, censure

銀竜草 ぎんりょうそうもどき Indian pipe (Monotropa uniflora)

太平洋赤坊 たいへいようあかぼうもどき Longman's beaked whale (Indopacetus pacificus), Indo-Pacific beaked whale, tropical bottlenose whale