好

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Han character 1.2.1 See also 1.2.2 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Kanji 3.1.1 Readings 3.1.2 Compounds 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 5 Mandarin 5.1 Pronunciation 5.2 Adjective 5.3 Hanzi 5.3.1 Compounds 6 Middle Chinese 6.1 Han character 7 Vietnamese 7.1 Han character

[edit] Translingual

Stroke order

[edit] Etymology

Radical: 女 + 子

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)

1. good, excellent, fine
2. well
3. to like, to prefer something

[edit] See also

• 姽

[edit] References

• 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

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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

好 (jyutping hou2, Yale hou2, hou3)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Kanji

好 (grade 4 kanji)

1. fondness; what one likes

[edit] Readings

• On: こう (kō)
• Kun: このむ (好む, konomu), すく (好く, suku), よい (yoi)

[edit] Compounds

• 好き (すき, suki)
• 好物 (こうぶつ, kōbutsu)
• 良好 (りょうこう ryōkō)

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

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

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Pronunciation

•  hǎo^{help, file}
•  hào^{help, file}

[edit] Adjective

好 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin hǎo)

1. good, well

   你好吗？ - Are you well?

好 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin hào)

1. be fond of

[edit] Hanzi

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

[edit] Compounds

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[edit] Middle Chinese

[edit] Han character

女 (*xaù, *xǎu)

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[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

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