模倣

もほう · mohou · JLPT N1 · noun

imitation

🦜 模 (model/pattern) + 倣 (imitate): two characters that both mean copying a model

模 is a pattern or mould, and 倣 is the verb 倣う (narau), to follow an example. Stacked together they mean imitating a model, which is exactly copying.