如
as / as if / such as
如 character breakdown
mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls
Mnemonic symbol: 口 shall be represented by a mandarin. Karl Marx (k-) is enjoying a mandarin in the outhouse's living room (ou3).
female / woman / daughter
I'll represent 女 by Bessie Coleman, the first female pilot of African American descent.
Characters with 如 as component
to eat / (extended meaning) to endure / putrid smell / vegetables / roots (inextricably attached to the plant)
Words with 如
to know sth like the back of one's hand (idiom) / to know (a person, a place etc) inside out
human life as the morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence
man proposes, God disposes (idiom) / one's plans can be derailed by unforeseen events
being close to the sovereign can be as perilous as lying with a tiger (idiom)