如 — kanji meaning “likeness”
如
likeness, like, such as, as if, better, best, equal
- Meanings
- likeness, like, such as, as if, better, best, equal
- On'yomi
- ジョ (jo)、ニョ (nyo)
- Kun'yomi
- ごと.し
- Name readings
- き、ね、ゆき、よし
- Strokes
- 6
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1704 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 38
- Chinese reading
- rú — Chinese character page
Words with 如
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 欠如 | けつじょ ketsujo | lack; absence; shortage |
| 突如 | とつじょ totsujo | suddenly; all of a sudden; unexpectedly |
| 如何 | どう dou | how; in what way; how about |
| 如何 | いかが ikaga | how; in what way; how about |
| 如実 | にょじつ nyojitsu | reality; actuality; actual conditions |
| 如来 | にょらい nyorai | Tathagata; perfected one (suffix of high-ranking Buddhist deities) |
| 如月 | きさらぎ kisaragi | second month of the lunar calendar |
| 躍如 | やくじょ yakujo | vivid; lifelike; graphic |
| 如何 | いかん ikan | (depending on) how; (depending on) what; nature (of) |
| 如し | ごとし gotoshi | like; as if; the same as |
| 如く | ごとく gotoku | like; as |
| 如く | しく shiku | to match; to equal |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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