Jisho

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6 strokes
Radical:
woman, female
Parts:
likeness, like, such as, as if, better, best, equal
Kun:
ごと.し
On:
ジョニョ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1704 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 如月 【キサラギ】 second month of the lunar calendar
  • 如雨露 【ジョウロ】 watering can, watering pot, sprinkling can
  • 躍如 【ヤクジョ】 vivid, lifelike, graphic
  • 鞠躬如 【キッキュウジョ】 deferential, humble, reverent, respectful
  • 如 【ニョ】 tathata (the ultimate nature of all things)
  • 如実 【ニョジツ】 reality, actuality, actual conditions, true situation, faithful representation, vivid depiction, ultimate reality, absolute truth
  • 一如 【イチニョ】 oneness
  • 形影一如 【ケイエイイチニョ】 being inseparable as a form and its shadow, a person's deed mirrors the good or evil of his mind, husband and wife being never apart

Kun reading compounds

  • 如し 【ごとし】 like, as if, the same as

Readings

Japanese names:
き、 ね、 ゆき、 よし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ru2
Korean:
yeo

Spanish

  • análogo
  • parecido
  • tal como
  • igual a
  • obedecer

Portuguese

  • semelhança
  • gostar
  • tal como
  • como se
  • melhor
  • igual

French

  • ressemblance
  • comme
  • comme si
  • mieux
  • meilleur
  • égal
  • similaire
  • paraître
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