如 : Likeness

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Components:

女口

likeness, like, such as, as if, better, best, equal

On 'yomi:

ジョ(jo) ニョ(nyo)

Kun 'yomi:

ごと.し(goto.shi)

Nanori:

き(ki) ね(ne) ゆき(yuki) よし(yoshi)

Strokes:	6
Radical:	女 (38)
Usage Rating:	1704

JLPT:	N1
old JLPT:	1
Grade:	8

Unicode:	05982
jis208:	39-01

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如 Usage examples

雲霞の如く(うんかのごとく)	in swarms
胆斗の如し(たんとのごとし)	being as bold as a lion
如是(にょぜ)	ten thusnesses (in Tendai)
如是我聞(にょぜがもん)	thus I hear (quote from the sutras), these ears have heard
如才(じょさい)	smart, sharp, clever, skillful, adroit
如何にも(どうにも)	(not) in any way, in no way
如何なく(いかんなく) 如何無く(いかんなく)	amply, sufficiently, fully, completely, all out
心身一如(しんじんいちにょ) 身心一如(しんじんいちにょ)	body and mind as one, mind-body unity
形影一如(けいえいいちにょ)	being inseparable as a form and its shadow, husband and wife being never apart
邪正一如(じゃしょういちにょ)	Wrong and right are but two faces of the same coin
生死一如(せいしいちにょ)	Life and death are the two faces of the same coin
突如異変(とつじょいへん)	sudden and dramatic event (incident), sudden and strange phenomenon
如意自在(にょいじざい)	freely, in complete control of, with complete freedom, at will, as one pleases
如実知見(にょじつちけん)	perceiving reality as it is, true awareness of reality
如法暗夜(にょほうあんや)	total (utter) darkness
物心一如(ぶっしんいちにょ)	Matter and mind are one, body and mind as one
如何にして(いかにして)	how, in what way
大日如来(だいにちにょらい)	Vairocana, Mahavairocana (Bliss Body of the historical Gautama Buddha), Dainichi Buddha, Nyorai Buddha
注意力欠如障害(ちゅういりょくけつじょしょうがい)	attention-deficit disorder, ADD
三十六計逃げるに如かず(さんじゅうろっけいにげるにしかず)	the smartest thing in a tight situation is to beat a retreat
突如として(とつじょとして)	suddenly, all of a sudden
如何とも(どうとも)	one way or the other, either way
如何とでも(どうとでも)	one way or the other, either way
百聞は一見に如かず(ひゃくぶんはいっけんにしかず)	seeing is believing, one eye-witness is better than many hearsays, a picture is worth a thousand words
如かず(しかず)	being best, being no match for
如何な(いっかな)	no matter what, however much
如露如電(にょろにょでん)	existence (as we perceive it) is as mutable and incorporeal as is the morning dew or a flash of lightning