如

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as; as if; such as

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Formation & memory

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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.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

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

These characters use 如 as their sound component — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
如 sound part	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