Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1704 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 6

Meaning: likeness, like, such as, as if, better, best, equal

Kunyomi: ごと.し

Onyomi: ジョ ニョ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: woman, female

Examples

Onyomi Examples

キサラギ second month of the lunar calendar

雨露 ジョウロ watering can, watering pot, sprinkling can

ヤクジョ vivid, lifelike, graphic

鞠躬 キッキュウジョ deferential, humble, reverent, respectful

ニョ tathata (the ultimate nature of all things)

ニョジツ reality, actuality, actual conditions, true situation, faithful representation, vivid depiction, ultimate reality, absolute truth

イチニョ oneness

形影一 ケイエイイチニョ being inseparable as a form and its shadow, a person's deed mirrors the good or evil of his mind, husband and wife being never apart

Kunyomi Examples

ごとし like, as if, the same as