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如

N1

Stroke Order

Meanings

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

On'yomi (音読み)

  • ジョ
  • ニョ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

  • ごと.し
Strokes
6
JLPT Level
N1
Frequency
#1251
School Grade
Secondary
Radical
女#38 · woman

Components

Common Words

  • 如しごとしlike, as if, the same as
  • 如実にょじつNounreality, actuality, actual conditions, true situation, faithful representation, vivid depiction
  • 如何いかがAdverbhow, in what way, how about
  • 如何にいかにAdverbhow, in what way
  • 如何にもいかにもAdverbindeed, really, truly, just (like)
  • 欠如けつじょNounlack, absence, shortage, deficiency, privation
  • 突如とつじょAdverbsuddenly, all of a sudden, unexpectedly
  • 躍如やくじょAdverbvivid, lifelike, graphic

Practice in Kanjiru

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