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

  1. being best
  2. being inferior to
  3. 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 Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Rank 137438 Priority V

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

如月

きさらぎ

second month of the lunar calendar

如何に

いかに

hey

如何にも

いかにも

absolutely

如実

にょじつ

ultimate reality

如し

ごとし

like

如来

にょらい

Tathagata

如何

いかが

questionable

如実知見

にょじつちけん

perceiving reality as it is

如意自在

にょいじざい

freely

如実に物語る

にょじつにものがたる

to give a true account

如意輪観音

にょいりんかんのん

Cintamani-cakra (manifestation of Avalokitesvara)

如来蔵

にょらいぞう

tathagatagarbha (buddha-womb, the potential within all living things to become a buddha)

Example Sentences

4

ひゃくぶんはいっけんにしかず。

Seeing once is better than hearing a hundred times.

Seeing is believing.

It's better to have no books at all than to completely trust them.

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.