The kanji 好: meaning, readings and stroke order
好
- Meaning
- like
- On reading
- コウ kou
- Kun reading
- この(む) konomu、す(く) suku、この(ましい) konomashii
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 女 woman, female
- Level
- Level 4 · grade 4
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- thích (hảo)
- Japanese
- すく。このむ。
- Korean
- 좋아하다 (호)
- Chinese
- 喜欢、爱好
Readings, words and example sentences
コウ kou · on reading
好物
favorite food
魚が 父の 好物です。
Fish is my dad's favorite food.
この(む) konomu · kun reading
好む
to like, to prefer
静かな 場所を 好みます。
I like quiet places.
す(く) suku · kun reading · less common
好く
to like
あの 子は みんなに 好かれて います。
Everyone likes that kid.
この(ましい) konomashii · kun reading · less common
好ましい
good, the way you hoped
好ましい 結果に なりました。
The result turned out the way we hoped.
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.