Kanji Details:
- 如
- Frequency:1704
- Kun: ごと.し
- On: ジョ, ニョ
- Meaning: likeness, like, such as, as if, better, best, equal
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Examples:
Word Reading Meaning 欠如 けつじょ lack, privation, deficiency 如実 にょじつ reality 突如 とつじょ suddenly, all of a sudden 如来 にょらい Tathagata, perfected one (suffix of high-ranking Buddhist deities) 躍如 やくじょ vivid, lifelike, graphic 如 にょ tathata (the ultimate nature of all things) 薬師如来 やくしにょらい Bhaisajyaguru (buddha able to cure all ills) 如く ごとく like, as if, the same as 如し ごとし 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