好 — fond, pleasing, like something

こう好 fond

Grade 4 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 6 strokes

U+597D Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #423 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #103 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

fond
pleasing
like something

word

こう kou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

好(こう) kou good 友(ゆう) 好(こう) yuukou friendship 好(こう) 調(ちょう) kouchou favorable 好(こう) 意(い) koui goodwill 良(りょう) 好(こう) ryoukou good 好(こう) 感(かん) koukan good impression 愛(あい) 好(こう) aikou love 好(こう) 物(ぶつ) koubutsu favorite food

この kono Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

好(この) み konomi preference 好(この) む konomu to like 好(この) ましい konomashii desirable お好(この) み焼(や) き okonomiyaki okonomiyaki

す su Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

好(す) き suki like 大(だい) 好(す) き daisuki love 好(す) く suku to like 好(す) き嫌(きら) い sukikirai likes and dislikes

Appears in idioms

好機到来四字熟語

fond, loom, arrival, come

好きこそものの上手なれ諺

Liking something is the best way to become skillful at it

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

おんな女 woman #38

こ子 child #39

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#38 女 woman