Word Meaning 如かず
しかず
shikazu
如かず is read as しかず (shikazu) and means being best.
Meaning
English
- being best
- being inferior to
- being no match for
Reading
Kana
しかず
Romaji
shikazu
Writing Variants
- 及かず しかず shikazu
- 若かず しかず shikazu
Stroke Sequence
3 Characters • 13 Total StrokesStudy Signals and Categories
Related Vocabulary
Max. 12Example Sentences
4百聞は一見に如かず。
ひゃくぶんはいっけんにしかず。
Seeing once is better than hearing a hundred times.
百聞は一見に如かず。
Seeing is believing.
尽く書を信ずれば則ち書無きに如かず。
It's better to have no books at all than to completely trust them.
天の時は地の利に如かず、地の利は人の和に如かず。
Opportunities of time vouchsafed by Heaven are not equal to advantages of situation afforded by the Earth, and advantages of situation afforded by the Earth are not equal to the union arising from the accord of Men.