# 如 — as if; just like

如 means “as if; just like”. It is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 6 strokes. On'yomi: ジョ (jo), ニョ (nyo). Kun'yomi: ごと(し) (gotoshi).

- Meaning: as if; just like
- On'yomi: ジョ (jo), ニョ (nyo)
- Kun'yomi: ごと(し) (gotoshi)
- Strokes: 6
- Level: JLPT N1 · set Links & order 2

## How to remember 如

Sounds like 女: both read ジョ.

Parts: 女 woman · 口 mouth; box

## Don't confuse it with

[始](https://moji.ninja/n4-kanji/begin/) · [妬](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/envy/)

## More in the “Links & order 2” set

[序](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/preface/) · [兼](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/double-as/) · [秩](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/regularity/) · [縁](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/bond-of-fate/) · [随](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/go-along-with/) · [該](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/the-said/) · [循](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/circulate/) · [如](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/as-if/)

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