Chinese Character 如 Meanings and components.

Form

Meaning

如 meaning[3] in English

As.

As If.

Such As.

Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are female (女) , and mouth (口)

Its radical[1] is: (nv3) which means: Female, Woman, Daughter, .nv3female

In cangjie it is written with VR

How to write 如

To writeru2as you should write a combination of nv3female , kou3mouth arranged in a shape:

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如 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 如 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of , looks as follow:

Pinyin:ru2 Shape:
Meaning[3]: As . As If . Such As

Pinyin:nv3
Meaning[3]: Female . Woman . Daughter

Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: section shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: hànChinese Character

  • Wiktionary Page for 如in English or Chinese