如

as; as if; such as

6 strokes Dict coverage rank #180 U+5982

Ideographic compound (会意字)

A wife 女 following her husband's words 口

components: 女口

be like · Heisig RSH #104

口 mouth + 女 woman

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Characters built with 如 as their sound component

These characters all use 如 (rú) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
如 sound component	rú	as, as if, like, such as, supposing
絮	xù	cotton padding; fluff, padding, waste; long-winded
茹	rú	roots, vegetables
恕	shù	to excuse, to forgive, to show mercy
洳	rù	sdamp, boggy, marshy
铷	rú	rubidium

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
一日不如一日	yī rì bù rú yī rì	to be getting worse by the day
心口如一	xīn kǒu rú yī	lit. heart and mouth as one (idiom); to say what you think; honest and straightforward
如日中天	rú rì zhōng tiān	lit. like the sun at noon (idiom); fig. to be at the peak of one's power, career etc
不如人意	bù rú rén yì	leaving much to be desired; unsatisfactory; undesirable
大不如前	dà bù rú qián	a lot worse than it used to be
不如	bù rú	not equal to; not as good as; inferior to; it would be better to
一清如水	yī qīng rú shuǐ	lit. as clear as water (idiom); fig. (of officials etc) honest and incorruptible
一如	yī rú	to be just like
如一	rú yī	consistent; the same; unvarying
一代不如一代	yī dài bù rú yī dài	to be getting worse with each generation
如东县	Rú dōng Xiàn	Rudong, a county in Nantong City 南通市[Nan2 tong1 Shi4], Jiangsu
如斯	rú sī	(literary) in this way; so
大日如来	Dà rì rú lái	Vairocana, Buddha of supreme enlightenment
自如	zì rú	unobstructed; unconstrained; smoothly; with ease; freely
有如	yǒu rú	to be like sth; similar to; alike
如花	rú huā	flowery
林心如	Lín Xīn rú	Ruby Lin (1976-), Taiwanese actress and pop singer
可心如意	kě xīn rú yì	see 稱心如意\|称心如意[chen4 xin1 ru2 yi4]
如下	rú xià	as follows
如鱼得水	rú yú dé shuǐ	like a fish back in water (idiom); glad to be back in one's proper surroundings