Hanja Analyzer
好

好 — ho

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
좋을 호
Romanization
ho
English
good, excellent, fine; well
Mandarin
hǎo
Japanese on'yomi
コウ
Japanese kun'yomi
この.む す.く よ.い い.い
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 4
Newspaper frequency
#423 of 2,500
Strokes
6
Radical
女 (38, 3 residual)
Unicode
U+597D

Parts that make up 好

  • 女 계집 녀 팔을 모으고 꿇어앉은 여자여자와 집안의 관계
  • 子 아들 자 포대기에 싸인 아기아이와 자식, 작고 어린 것

How 好 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 好 as a ideographic compound involving 女, 子.

Korean example words with 好

  • 호일好日 Korean gloss: 좋은 날
  • 호기好機 Korean gloss: 좋은 기회
  • 호기好期 Korean gloss: 좋은 시기
  • 호운好運 Korean gloss: 좋은 운수
  • 호재好材 Korean gloss: 좋은 재료
  • 호부好否 Korean gloss: 좋음과 나쁨
  • 호오好惡 Korean gloss: 좋음과 싫음
  • 호주好酒 Korean gloss: 술을 좋아함
  • 기호嗜好 Korean gloss: 즐기고 좋아함
  • 애호愛好 Korean gloss: 사랑하고 좋아함
  • 호인好人 Korean gloss: 성품이 좋은 사람
  • 호기好奇 Korean gloss: 신기한 것을 좋아함

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 好

  • 好調こうちょう favourable; favorable; promising
  • 友好ゆうこう friendship
  • 格好かっこう shape; form; figure
  • 好機こうき good opportunity; chance
  • 好みこのみ liking; taste; fancy
  • 絶好ぜっこう best; ideal; perfect
  • 大好きだいすき liking very much; loving (something or someone); adoring
  • 好投こうとう good (nice) pitching
  • 好意こうい kindness; favor; favour
  • 良好りょうこう good; fine; excellent
  • 愛好あいこう love; adoration; being fond of
  • 好感こうかん good feeling; good will; favourable impression

Other hanja read “호”

Other hanja with radical 女

Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences