The kanji 如: meaning, readings and stroke order
如
- Meaning
- like, as
- On reading
- ジョ jo、ニョ nyo
- Kun reading
- —
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 女 woman, female
- Level
- Level 8 · the last years of junior high
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- như, giống như (như)
- Japanese
- 〜の ようだ。おなじ ように。
- Korean
- 같다, 처럼 (여)
- Chinese
- 如、好像
Readings, words and example sentences
ジョ jo · on reading · less common
欠如
lack, being missing
説明が 欠如して います。
The explanation is lacking.
ニョ nyo · on reading · less common
如意
as one wishes (as in the Nyoi-bo staff)
如意ぼうと いう 道具が 出て きます。
A tool called the Nyoi-bo staff appears in the story.
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.