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 pile up like a mountain (idiom) / a mountain of (paperwork etc) / a large number of sth
to maintain the law as firm as a mountain (idiom); to enforce the law strictly
it is better to avoid unnecessary trouble (idiom) / the less complications the better
the wise may appear stupid (idiom); a genius not appreciated in his own time