What does the kanji 如 mean?

likeness, like, such as, as if, better

How is the kanji 如 read?

ジョ (Jo); ニョ (Nyo); ごと.し (Gotoshi)

如

Gotoshiごとし

likeness

Joじょ

Nyoにょ

Examples

如実にょじつreality

突如とつじょsuddenly

如 (Gotoshi) is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning “likeness, like, such as”. It is taught in secondary school and written in 6 strokes.