Character · Qualities
如
ごとし gotoshiしかず shikazu
like, as
Composition
Origin
The woman 女 and the mouth 口; the old account — following the spoken word, conforming, hence 'to be like' — is debated.
In the thoughts
- 如かずshikazudoes not equal
- 如しgotoshilike, as
Proverbs carrying this character
- 018 百聞は一見に如かず Hearing a hundred times is not worth seeing once.
- 066 光陰矢の如し Time flies like an arrow.
- 119 過ぎたるは猶及ばざるが如し Too much is as bad as too little.
- 194 三十六計逃げるに如かず Of the thirty-six stratagems, retreat is the finest.
- 200 人の一生は重荷を負うて遠き道を行くが如し A man's life is a long road walked under a burden; there is no need to hurry.