common

ホウ//    なら.う/nara.u/HOU/ホウ/    nara.u/なら.う/

emulate;  imitate

Radical: (human).   Strokes: 10画.   Elements: ⺅方攵.   Pinyin: fǎng.   Hangul:  [bang].

Jōyō Kanji High School.   JLPT N1.

Example compounds:
ホウもほうmohō】imitation; copying
もほうしゃmohōsha】imitator
ならnarauならうnarau】to imitate; to follow; to emulate
先例にせんれいにならうsenreininarau】to follow precedent
Codepoints and classification codes:
5023Unicode
42-79JIS X 0208
1-2-8SKIP
2a8.7TKD
2824.0Four Corner
2166De Roo
Dictionary indices:
466Classic Nelson
235The New Nelson Character Dictionary by A. Nelson
113New Japanese-English Character Dictionary by J. Halpern
83Kanji Learner's Dictionary by J. Halpern
979Remembering the Kanji by J. Heisig
1913A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage (Gakken)
1616Essential Kanji by P.G. O'Neill
785Daikanwajiten 「大漢和辞典」 by T. Morohashi vol. 1 p. 841
1798A Guide to Remembering Japanese Characters by K.G. Henshall
1776Kanji & Kana by Spahn and Hadamitzky
1056Kanji Flashcards by M. Hodges and T. Okazaki
1304Tuttle Kanji Cards by A. Kask
1247Kanji in Context by Nishiguchi and Kono
113Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
988Y. Maniette's French adaptation of Heisig