N4 kanji · 6 strokes
好 means like
好
女 woman · 子 child
好Real origin
A woman (女) holding her child (子): to like, to love.
Real origin: where the kanji comes from, as far as scholars agree.
Meaning and readings
- Meanings
- fond, pleasing, like something
- JLPT level
- N4
- Strokes
- 6
- School grade
- Grade 4 in Japan
Japanese (kunyomi) このむ konomu
このむ (konomu) is the Japanese word for this kanji. You use it when the kanji stands alone or has kana after it. Dictionaries call this the kun reading.
Other Japanese readings: すく suku, よい yoi, いい ii
From Chinese (onyomi) コウ kou
コウ (kou) came from Chinese with the character. You mostly hear it in words made of several kanji. Dictionaries call this the on reading.
Tap a reading to see when it's used. Why kanji have two kinds of reading: onyomi vs kunyomi.
Common word
好き すき · suki
liking, being fond of
Built from
Tap a part to see the N5 and N4 kanji that use it.
女 Used in 48 kanji
See all 5 at N5 and N4子 Used in 23 kanji
See all 4 at N5 and N4Quick check
What does 好 mean?
Right: 好 means like.Not quite: 好 means like.In 好き, which reading does 好 use?
Right. 好き is read すき (suki): 好 takes す, its Japanese reading, with き after it.Not quite. 好き is read すき (suki): 好 takes す, its Japanese reading, with き after it.