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Kanji for As one is
The kanji for “as one is” is 如, read jo and written in 6 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
如
as one is
“Just as it is”; being true to yourself.
6 strokes On reading ジョ、ニョ (jo, nyo) Kun reading ごとし (gotoshi) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: likeness, like, such as, as if, better
Readings used for names on Nazuke: jo, yuki
In Japan it appears in about 130 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
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