好

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Translingual[edit]

Stroke order
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Etymology[edit]

Ideogrammic compound (會意): 女 (“woman”) + 子 (“child”)

The widely accepted meaning of this word is that the words "female" (女) and "child" (子) were put together to form a compound, because it was a good thing for women to have a child. However, a broader interpretation is that the second character, 子, also means "of" or "son". So another possibility could be that it meant two children, a boy and a girl next to each other, which is a good fortune to have a boy and a girl. Lastly, it could mean that the "attitude" of a girl was considered good.

Han character[edit]

好 (radical 38 女+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 女弓木 (VND), four-corner 47447, composition ⿰女子)

References[edit]

  • KangXi: page 255, character 11
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6053
  • Dae Jaweon: page 518, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1028, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+597D

Chinese[edit]

-
simp. and trad.
 好

Pronunciation 1[edit]

Middle Chinese pronunciation (好, reconstructed)
Character (好), Pronunciation 1/2

Initial: 曉 (32)
Final: 豪
Division: I

Openness: Open
Tone: Rising (X)

 Fanqie: 呼晧切
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 Bernard
Karlgren		 Li
Rong		 Pan
Wuyun		 Edwin
Pulleyblank		 Wang
Li		 Shao
Rongfen
/hɑuX/ /xɑuX/ /xɑuX/ /hɑuX/ /hawX/ /xɑuX/ /xɑuX/
Old Chinese pronunciation (好, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character Modern Beijing
(Pinyin)		 Middle Chinese Old Chinese English
好 在 ‹ xawX › /*qʰˤuʔ/ good

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

  • Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
  • Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
  • Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
  • Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
  • Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character No. Phonetic
component		 Rime
group		 Rime
subdivision		 Corresponding
MC rime		 Old Chinese Notes
好 4913 好 幽 1 好 /*qʰuːʔ/ 由女孩子會意美

Definitions[edit]

好

  1. good, well
    • Antonym: → 壞／坏 ("bad")
    你好嗎？ [MSC, trad.]
    你好吗？ [MSC, simp.]
    Nǐ hǎo ma? [Pinyin]
    How are you?
    真是個好主意！ [MSC, trad.]
    真是个好主意！ [MSC, simp.]
    Zhēn shì ge hǎo zhǔyì! [Pinyin]
    That's a good idea!
  2. nice, kind
    他們對我很好。 [MSC, trad.]
    他们对我很好。 [MSC, simp.]
    Tāmen duì wǒ hěn hǎo. [Pinyin]
    They are very kind to me.
  3. done, ready
    我就要好了。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]
    Wǒ jiù yào hǎo le. [Pinyin]
    I'll be ready very soon.
  4. to be good to, easy to
    這水龍頭好擰。 [MSC, trad.]
    这水龙头好拧。 [MSC, simp.]
    Zhè shuǐlóngtóu hǎo nǐng. [Pinyin]
    This tap turns easily.
  5. so that
  6. so, very
    (→ 很)
    我個中文老師好好人㗎！ [Guangzhou Cantonese, trad.]
    我个中文老师好好人㗎！ [Guangzhou Cantonese, simp.]
    Ngo5 go3 zung1 man4 lou5 si1 hou2 hou2 jan4 gaa2! [Jyutping]
    My Chinese teacher is a very nice person!
  7. Particle used after verbs to denote the completion or near-completion of an action.
  8. Particle denoting agreement, support or wish to terminate a conversation.
  9. Particle denoting dissatisfaction in ironical sentences.

Compounds[edit]

Derived terms

Pronunciation 2[edit]

Middle Chinese pronunciation (好, reconstructed)
Character (好), Pronunciation 2/2

Initial: 曉 (32)
Final: 豪
Division: I

Openness: Open
Tone: Departing (H)

 Fanqie: 呼到切
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 Bernard
Karlgren		 Li
Rong		 Pan
Wuyun		 Edwin
Pulleyblank		 Wang
Li		 Shao
Rongfen
/hɑuH/ /xɑuH/ /xɑuH/ /hɑuH/ /hawH/ /xɑuH/ /xɑuH/
Old Chinese pronunciation (好, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character Modern Beijing
(Pinyin)		 Middle Chinese Old Chinese English
好 hào ‹ xawH › /*qʰˤuʔ-s/ love, like (v.)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

  • Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
  • Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
  • Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
  • Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
  • Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character No. Phonetic
component		 Rime
group		 Rime
subdivision		 Corresponding
MC rime		 Old Chinese Notes
好 4914 好 幽 1 秏 /*qʰuːs/

Definitions[edit]

好

  1. to be fond of, to like
  2. to have a tendency to, to be prone to, good to, easy to
  3. (dialectal Mandarin, Wu) can, to be able to
    (→ 會／会, 可以)
    儂好流利個講上海話𠲎？ [Shanghainese, trad.]
    侬好流利个讲上海话𠲎？ [Shanghainese, simp.]
    Can you speak Shanghainese fluently?

Compounds[edit]

Derived terms

Descendants[edit]

Sino-Xenic (好):

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

See also:
好

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. fondness; what one likes

Readings[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Compounds[edit]

  • 愛好 (あいこう, aikō)
  • 良好 (りょうこう, ryōkō)
  • 友好 (ゆうこう, yūkō)

Proper noun[edit]

好 (hiragana よしみ, romaji Yoshimi)

  1. A male given name

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

好 (ho) (hangeul 호, revised ho, McCune-Reischauer ho)

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Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

好 (hảo, háo, háu, hão, hếu, hiếu, hấu, hẩu)

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