如
as if, best, better, equal, like, likeness, such as
Readings
On'yomi (音読み)
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
Nanori (名乗り)
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Grade:8
Strokes:6
JLPT:1
Frequency:1704
Vocabulary
ジョ
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 欠如 | ケツジョ | lack; absence; shortage; deficiency; privation |
| 突如 | トツジョ | suddenly; all of a sudden; unexpectedly |
| 躍如 | ヤクジョ | vivid; lifelike; graphic |
| 如月 | ジョゲツ | second month of the lunar calendar; February |
| 如上 | ジョジョウ | above-mentioned |
ニョ
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 如実 | ニョジツ | reality; actuality; actual conditions; true situation; faithful representation; vivid depiction; ultimate reality; absolute truth |
| 如来 | ニョライ | Tathagata; perfected one (suffix of high-ranking Buddhist deities) |
| 薬師如来 | ヤクシニョライ | Bhaisajyaguru (buddha able to cure all ills) |
| 一如 | イチニョ | oneness |
| 真如 | シンニョ | tathata (the ultimate nature of all things) |
Other
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 如何にも | いかにも | indeed; really; truly; just (like); very; extremely; totally; terribly; absolutely; certainly; for sure |
| 如何 | どう | how; in what way; how about |
| 如何致しまして | どういたしまして | you're welcome; don't mention it; not at all; my pleasure |
| 如し | ごとし | like; as if; the same as |
| 如何して | どうして | how; in what way; by what means; why; for what reason; for what purpose; what for; cannot possibly; no way |
Visually Similar Kanji
These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes
始
begin, commence
Grade 3JLPT 4
后
after, back, behind, empress, later, queen
Grade 6JLPT 1
右
right
Grade 1JLPT 5
句
clause, counter for haiku, paragraph, passage, phrase, sentence
Grade 5JLPT 1
石
stone
Grade 1JLPT 3
加
Canada, add, addition, include, increase, join
Grade 4JLPT 3
召
buy, call, catch (cold), drink, eat, put on, ride in, seduce, send for, wear
Grade 8JLPT 2
娯
pleasure, recreation
Grade 8JLPT 1
姫
princess
Grade 8JLPT 1
谷
valley
Grade 2JLPT 2