似る
にる · niru · JLPT N4 · verb-ichidan
to resemble
👯 niru sounds like near-oo: two things near each other in looks
似 = person (亻) + 以 (by means of): a person measured by means of another. If A is ni-ru to B, A is near to B in appearance. Usually used as 似ている (nite iru) with に: 母に似ている = resembles one's mother.