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如 = 口 + 女

如 is a Japanese kanji written with 6 strokes, listed here under the keyword “likeness”. It is built from 口 (mouth) and 女 (woman). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 104. It appears as a component in 1 other character in this index.

Keyword
likeness
RTK frame
104
Strokes
6
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ジョ, ニョ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
ごと.し
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
подобие
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
如 if

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 口 mouth
  2. 女 woman

Characters that contain 如

How to find 如 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “mouth” + “woman”. 如 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 如 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.