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好

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Stroke count: 6

Readings

On readingコウ
Kun readingす.く、この.む、よ.い
JLPT level: N3JōyōGrade 4Level 11

Verbs with «好»

好む好く

Meanings

  1. like
  2. fondRtK
  3. pleasing
  4. like something
  1. friendship
  2. friendly relations
  3. connection
  4. relation
  5. intimacy

Popular Usage

好き大好き格好好み好む好き嫌い好き好き

Radicals and components

Radical女woman
Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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woman (女) · child (子)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 103

Compound words

好きすき
liking; being fond of; to one's liking; to one's taste; preferred
大好きだいすき
liking very much; loving (something or someone); adoring; being very fond of
好みこのみ
liking; taste; fancy; fondness; wish
好むこのむ
to like; to prefer
格好かっこう
shape; form; figure; posture; pose
好き嫌いすききらい
likes and dislikes; tastes; preferences; pickiness (esp. about food); choosiness
好き好きすきずき
matter of taste
好ましいこのましい
nice; likeable; desirable
好適こうてき
ideal
お好み焼おこのみやき
okonomiyaki
蓼食う虫も好き好きたでくうむしもすきずき
some prefer nettles
愛好あいこう
love; adoration; being fond of; having a passion for
好意こうい
kindness; favor; favour; friendliness; goodwill
好感こうかん
good feeling; good will; favourable impression; favorable impression
好機こうき
good opportunity; chance
好況こうきょう
prosperous (economic) conditions; favourable conditions; (economic) boom; thriving business; brisk market
好色こうしょく
lasciviousness; lechery; salaciousness; lust; sensuality
好調こうちょう
favourable; favorable; promising; satisfactory; in good shape
好転こうてん
changing for the better
好投こうとう
good (nice) pitching
好評こうひょう
favorable reception; good reputation; popularity
好物こうぶつ
favourite dish (favorite); favourite food
絶好ぜっこう
best; ideal; perfect
同好どうこう
similar tastes

Kun Reading Examples

彼は勉強だけでなく運動も好きだ。すき
He likes sports as well as study.tatoeba
彼は不思議な生物、例えばヘビのような生物が好きです。すき
He likes strange animals, things like snakes, for example.tatoeba
彼は美術が好きで外国へ出かけた。すき
Love for art carried him abroad.tatoeba
彼は飛行機旅行が好きだ。すき
He likes air travel.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は勉強だけでなく運動も好きだ。
He likes sports as well as study.tatoeba
彼は不思議な生物、例えばヘビのような生物が好きです。
He likes strange animals, things like snakes, for example.tatoeba
彼は美術が好きで外国へ出かけた。
Love for art carried him abroad.tatoeba
彼は飛行機旅行が好きだ。
He likes air travel.tatoeba
海苔は好みで巻かれる。
Onigiri is wrapped by a sheet of dried laver depending on the taste.wiki
表千家第12代惺斎の好み。
Favored by Seisai, the 12th generation of the Omotesenke family line.wiki
性、鷹、犬を好む。
As is his nature, he loves falcons and dogs.wiki
芋を好む鯉釣りの餌にも利用される。
It is used as a bait to catch a carp preferring potatoes.wiki
一、食物の事につき一切好き嫌いを云うな。
a) Don't express your preference about what you eat.wiki

Stroke Order

6 strokes

Like, love. 女 (woman) + 子 (child) — a mother with her child.

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