如

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

如 (radical 38 女+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 女口 (VR), four-corner 4640₀, composition ⿰女口)

1. if, supposing
2. as if
3. like, as

Derived characters

• 茹

References

• KangXi: page 255, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6060
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1025, character 9
• Unihan data for U+5982

---

Chinese

		-
simp. and trad.		如

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rú (ru²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): jû / lû

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: rú
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨˊ
    • Wade-Giles: ju²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ru
    • IPA ^(key): /ʐu³⁵/

    • (file)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyu⁴
    • Yale: yùh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /jyː²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jû / lû
    • Tâi-lô: jû / lû
    • IPA (Taipei): /d͡zu²³/, /lu²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zu¹³/, /lu¹³/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (如, reconstructed)
Character (如), Pronunciation 1/2
Initial: 日 (38) Final: 魚 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 人諸切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ȵɨʌ/	/ȵʑi̯wo/	/ȵiɔ/	/ȵiɔ/	/ȵɨə̆/	/ȵʑĭo/	/ȵʑiɔ/
Character (如), Pronunciation 2/2
Initial: 日 (38) Final: 魚 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Departing (H)			Fanqie: 人恕切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ȵɨʌH/	/ȵʑi̯woH/	/ȵiɔH/	/ȵiɔH/	/ȵɨə̆H/	/ȵʑĭoH/	/ȵʑiɔH/

Old Chinese pronunciation (如, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
如								rú								‹ nyo ›								/*na/								go to
如								rú								‹ nyo ›								/*na/								as, like, if
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
如					9623					女					魚					0					如					/*nja/
如					9631					女					魚					0					洳					/*njas/

Definitions

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Compounds

• 如果
• 如意

References

• (Min Nan) Taiwan Min Nan Common Words Dictionary (臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典)

---

Japanese

Kanji

如

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. This entry needs a definition. Please add one, then remove {{defn}}.

Readings

• Goon: にょ (nyo)
• Kan’on: じょ (jo)
• Kun: ごとく (gotoku), しく (shiku), ゆく (yuku)

---

Korean

Hanja

如 (yeo)
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 여 (revised: yeo, McCune-Reischauer: yŏ)

• Name (hangeul): 같을()

1. This entry needs a definition. Please add one, then remove {{defn}}.

---

Vietnamese

Han character

如 (như, nhơ, dừ, nhừ, rừ)

1. This entry needs a definition. Please add one, then remove {{defn}}.