好 – fond, pleasing, like something

6 strokesTaught in grade 4#423 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 好 means fond, pleasing, like something. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is コウ (kou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is この.む、す.く、よ.い、い.い (konomu, suku, yoi, ii). It is written with 6 strokes, under radical 女 (no. 38).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	コウ	kou
Kun’yomi	この.む	konomu
Kun’yomi	す.く	suku
Kun’yomi	よ.い	yoi
Kun’yomi	い.い	ii

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 女 (Kangxi radical 38). Components: 子・女.

Words using 好

好きすきliking大好きだいすきliking very much格好かっこうshape好みこのみliking好むこのむto like友好ゆうこうfriendship好き嫌いすききらいlikes and dislikes好き好きすきずきmatter of taste好意こういkindness好況こうきょうprosperous (economic) conditions好調こうちょうfavourable好評こうひょうfavorable reception嗜好しこうtaste良好りょうこうgood物好きものずき(idle) curiosity好ましいこのましいnice

Example sentences

「ケーキはお好きですか」「はい、好きです」

"Do you like cake?" "Yes, I do."

Tatoeba #236630

実を言うと、私は彼が好きでないのです。

To tell you the truth, I don't love him.

Tatoeba #149400

こちらはケンです。彼は自分の犬が大好きです。

This is Ken. He really likes his dog.

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Kanji with the same radical

女委始姿婦妻婚妥威妙娘嫌妊妹姉妨

Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.