如 is the Japanese kanji for like, likeness, such as, as if, better, best, equal. It is written with 6 strokes and appears at JLPT level N1. Its kun reading is ごと.し and its on reading is ジョ、ニョ.
Stroke order
Words with 如
- 如しlike, as if, the same as
- 欠如lack, absence, shortage
- 如実reality, actuality, actual conditions
- 突如suddenly, all of a sudden, unexpectedly
- 如来Tathagata, perfected one (suffix of high-ranking Buddhist deities)
- 躍如vivid, lifelike, graphic
Practice 如 with brush strokes, spaced repetition and quizzes in the app.