如く

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
如
ごと Grade: S
kun’yomi

Adverb

如く (hiragana ごとく, romaji gotoku)

(literary) conjunctive form of 如し (gotoshi): like, as if

Derived terms

型 (かた)の如 (ごと)く (kata no gotoku)
彗星 (すいせい)の如 (ごと)く (suisei no gotoku)
怒涛 (どとう)のごとく (dotō no gotoku)
案 (あん)の如 (ごと)く (an no gotoku)

See also

様 (よう) (yō)

Further reading

Japanese Language Stack Exchange - Usage of 如き, 如し, 如く

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
如
し Grade: S
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

若く, 及く

Verb

如く (godan conjugation, hiragana しく, rōmaji shiku)

to equal; to match; to be comparable with; to rival

Derived terms

如 (し)かず (shikazu, “be worse than”)
如 (し)くはない (shiku wa nai), 如 (し)くはなし (shiku wa nashi)
百聞 (ひゃくぶん)は一見 (いっけん)に如 (し)かず (hyakubun wa ikken ni shikazu)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "如く" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	如か	しか	shika
Continuative (連用形)	如き	しき	shiki
Terminal (終止形)	如く	しく	shiku
Attributive (連体形)	如く	しく	shiku
Hypothetical (仮定形)	如け	しけ	shike
Imperative (命令形)	如け	しけ	shike
Key constructions
Passive	如かれる	しかれる	shikareru
Causative	如かせる如かす	しかせるしかす	shikaseru shikasu
Potential	如ける	しける	shikeru
Volitional	如こう	しこう	shikō
Negative	如かない	しかない	shikanai
Negative continuative	如かず	しかず	shikazu
Formal	如きます	しきます	shikimasu
Perfective	如いた	しいた	shiita
Conjunctive	如いて	しいて	shiite
Hypothetical conditional	如けば	しけば	shikeba

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