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Translingual [edit]

Stroke order
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Etymology [edit]

Ideogrammic compound (會意):  (woman) +  (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]

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

  1. good, fine
  2. feeling well or better 好些,好點
  3. that one is the better one 好一點
  4. best 最好
  5. excellent 非常好
  6. to like, to prefer something

See also [edit]

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

Cantonese [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(jyutping hou2, hou3, Yale hou2, hou3)

  1. good, well
  2. very

Hakka [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(POJ háu, hàu, Guangdong hau3; hau3, ho3 [Hailu, Siyan], Hagfa Pinyim hau3, hau4)

References [edit]


Japanese [edit]

Kanji [edit]

(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]

(hiragana よしみ, romaji Yoshimi)

  1. A male given name

Korean [edit]

Hanja [edit]

(hangeul , revised ho, McCune-Reischauer ho)


Mandarin [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Adjective [edit]

(traditional and simplified, Pinyin hǎo)

  1. good, well
    你好吗? - Are you well?

(traditional and simplified, Pinyin hào)

  1. be fond of

Hanzi [edit]

(pinyin hǎo (hao3), hào (hao4), Wade-Giles hao3, hao4)

Compounds [edit]


Middle Chinese [edit]

Han character [edit]

(*xaù, *xǎu)


Vietnamese [edit]

Han character [edit]

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