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如

Readings

Kana: ジョ、ニョ、ごと.し
Romaji: jo, nyo, goto.shi
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Romaji

Name Readings

Kana: き、ね、ゆき、よし
Romaji: ki, ne, yuki, yoshi
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Romaji

Meanings

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

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  6
Radical Number:  38
Frequency:  1704
Grade:  8
Skip Pattern:  1-3-3
Korean Reading:  yeo
Chinese Reading:  ru2
Unicode:  5982
JIS:  4721

Indexes

Halpern Index: 207
Nelson Index: 1189
New Nelson Index: 1178
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3e3.1
Four Corner Index: 4640.0
Guide to Remembering Index: 1383
Gakken Index: 1521
Japanese Names Index: 412
Daikanwanjiten Index: 6060
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 3.0635
Remembering the kanji Index: 100
Kanji Way Index: 337
Kanji Flashcards Index: 1184
Kodansha Compact Index: 433
Kanji in Context Index: 1441
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 154
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 183
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 101
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 104
Essential Kanji Index: 1539
Kodansha Kanji Index: 239
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 1777
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 1069

Words

如 (にょ)
tathata (the ultimate nature of all things)
突如 (とつじょ)
suddenly; all of a sudden
如く (ごとく)
like; as if; the same as
如月 (きさらぎ、じょげつ、きぬさらぎ)
second month of the lunar calendar
如来 (にょらい)
Tathagata; perfected one (suffix of high-ranking Buddhist deities)
如 (ごと、こと、もころ)
like; similar to; same as
如し (ごとし)
like; as if; the same as
若く (しく)
to match; to equal; to catch up with; to overtake
欠如 (けつじょ)
lack; privation; deficiency
薬師如来 (やくしにょらい)
Bhaisajyaguru (buddha able to cure all ills)
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