好
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[edit] Translingual
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[edit] Etymology
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. Lastly, it could mean that the "attitude" of a girl was considered good.
[edit] Han character
好 (radical 38 女+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 女弓木 (VND), four-corner 47447, composition ⿰女子)
[edit] See also
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- 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
[edit] Cantonese
[edit] Hanzi
好 (jyutping hou2, Yale hou2, hou3)
[edit] Japanese
[edit] Kanji
好 (grade 4 kanji)
- fondness; what one likes
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[edit] Compounds
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[edit] Hanja
好 (hangeul 호, revised ho, McCune-Reischauer ho)
[edit] Mandarin
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Adjective
好 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin hǎo)
好 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin hào)
- be fond of
[edit] Hanzi
好 (pinyin hǎo (hao3), hào (hao4), Wade-Giles hao3, hao4)
[edit] Compounds
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