Onyomi: コウ · Kunyomi: い.い, この.む, す.く, よ.い · Meanings: fond, like something, pleasing
Kanji for fond, like something, pleasing
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好 is made from 女, meaning “woman,” and 子, meaning “child.” In old times, a woman caring for a child represented harmony and warmth. From this feeling of harmony and pleasantness, 好 came to mean good, liked, or fond of.
When a woman and a child are together in harmony, it feels good. That feeling is 好.
Woman plus child creates a warm, happy feeling. That feeling of “good” is 好.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 好 | こう | good | Prefix |
| 誼 | よしみ | friendship, friendly relations, connection, relation, intimacy | Noun |
| 良い | よい | good, excellent, fine, nice, pleasant, agreeable | common JLPT-N3 JLPT-N1 JLPT-N5 I-adjective (keiyoushi) |
| 好き | すき | liking, being fond of, to one's liking, to one's taste, preferred, favourite | common JLPT-N5 Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Noun |
| 良く | よく | nicely, properly, well, skillfully, skilfully | common JLPT-N5 Adverb (fukushi) |
| 好む | このむ | to like, to prefer | common JLPT-N3 Godan verb with 'mu' ending, Transitive verb |
| 幸運 | こううん | good luck, fortune | common JLPT-N3 Noun, Na-adjective (keiyodoshi) |
| 好み | このみ | liking, taste, fancy, fondness | common JLPT-N3 Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no' |
| 好き嫌い | すききらい | likes and dislikes, tastes, preferences, pickiness (esp. about food), choosiness, fussiness | common JLPT-N2 Noun |
| 好き好き | すきずき | matter of taste | common JLPT-N2 Noun |