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如

likeness
Stroke count: 6

Readings

On readingジョ、ニョ
Kun readingごと.し
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. likenessRtK
    人生夢の如し。Life is but an empty dream.tatoeba
    彼は実に如才ない男だ。He certainly is smart.tatoeba
  2. like
  3. such as
  4. as if
  5. better
  6. best
  7. equal
  1. the same as

Popular Usage

如何如何に如何にも

Radicals and components

Radical女woman
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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woman (女) · mouth (口)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 104

Compound words

如何いかが
how; in what way; how about; questionable
如何にいかに
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much)
如何にもいかにも
indeed; really; truly; just (like); very
欠如けつじょ
lack; absence; shortage; deficiency; privation
突如とつじょ
suddenly; all of a sudden; unexpectedly
如しごとし
like; as if; the same as
如実にょじつ
reality; actuality; actual conditions; true situation; faithful representation
躍如やくじょ
vivid; lifelike; graphic
一如いちにょ
oneness
如來にょらい
Tathagata
晏如あんじょ
calm
鞠躬如きっきゅうじょ
deferential
如菩薩にょぼさつ
Buddha-like compassion
堵の如しとのごとし
in crowds (of spectators)
如何いうどういう
what kind of
如何言うどういう
what kind of
薬師如来やくしにょらい
Bhaisajyaguru (buddha able to cure all ills)
脱兎の如くだっとのごとく
(at) high speed
如何わしいいかがわしい
suspicious
如露亦如電にょろやくにょでん
existence (as we perceive it) is as mutable and incorporeal as is the morning dew or a flash of lightning
阿しゅく如来あしゅくにょらい
Akshobhya (one of the Five Wisdom Buddhas)
光陰矢の如しこういんやのごとし
time flies like an arrow
如何なる理由いかなるりゆう
(for) any reason
綸言汗の如しりんげんあせのごとし
like sweat cannot return inside the body, the word of an emperor cannot be unsaid

Additional Examples

成功するかどうかは、君自身の努力の如何による。
Whether you will succeed or not depends upon your own exertions.tatoeba
人生夢の如し。
Life is but an empty dream.tatoeba

Stroke Order

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Practice Writing

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