Entry
  1. Auxiliary verb

    like...; similar to...

    Archaicall senses: after が, の, or the attributive form of a verbsee 如し

  2. Auxiliary verb, Copula

    is like...; is similar to...

    Archaicat sentence end

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

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

Kun
ごと.し
On
ジョニョ
Strokes
6
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1704 of 2500
Radical
woman
WaniKani
Level 47

Built from

Used in names as

ゆきよし

Dictionary and index codes (31)
CodeReference
1-3-3SKIP code
3e3.1The Kanji Dictionary
4640.0Four corner code
1777deroo
5982Unicode hex code
1-39-01JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1189Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1178New Nelson (John Haig)
207New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
239Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
154Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
183Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
100Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
104Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1521A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
412Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1539Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
6060Morohashi
1383A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1747Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1870Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1184Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1069Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
337crowley
1441Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
433Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
101Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
ru2Pinyin reading
yeoKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
47WaniKani level