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N4 kanji · 6 strokes

好 means like

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

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