Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People

好: fond, pleasing

Also: like something

JLPT N36 strokesGrade 4Your ink: 白 Not met

女 carries the meaning · 子 is drawn in

6 strokes

Five readings, and the words that use each

コウkou · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 好意こういgood will
  • 同好会どうこうかいclub of like-minded people
  • 好調こうちょうfavorable

このむkonomu · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 好みこのみinclination, taste

すくsuku · kun'yomi

  • 好きすきlike
  • 物好きものずき(idle) curiosity

よいyoi · kun'yomi

  • お人好しおひとよしsofthearted

いいii · kun'yomi

  • 好い加減いいかげんunconvincing, irresponsible remark

Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.

Learn it 4 steps
Print sheet Present
成り立ち

Where it comes from

Origin · sourced

Ideogrammic compound (會意)女 woman + 子 child

Source: Wiktionary, 好 (rev. 94634147), CC BY-SA 4.0

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“A woman (女) + a child (子) = the natural, purest form of affection and goodness found between a parent and their child.”
From the 子 child story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
女

Also built on woman (女)

All 38
子

Also built on child (子)

All 12

Also read コウ

96 kanji share this on'yomiAll 96
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · hǎo

Same form: 好 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
好 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
好 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin hǎo most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

One click tells us. No sign-up.