好

hǎo
HSK 1
#82 most
frequent character
good, well, proper, good to
adjective

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

好 shows a woman 女 with her child 子. That picture gave the first meaning 'good'. It grew to 'beautiful', 'moral goodness', and 'very'. Read hào, it means 'to like, love'.

Drawn as: woman; child

好 as a component in other characters

picture1 character
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Example Sentences

这个苹果很好。
zhègè píngguǒ hěnhǎo 。
This apple is very good.
你做得很好。
nǐ zuòdé hěnhǎo 。
You did very well.
天气很好，我们去公园吧。
tiānqì hěnhǎo ， wǒmen qù gōngyuán bā 。
The weather is good, let's go to the park.

Words with similar meanings

优秀yōuxiù
excellent
More intense in expressing a high standard or quality.
不错bùcuò
not bad
More colloquial, used to express a decent quality without strong emphasis.

Words Starting With 好

好吃hǎo chī
tasty; delicious
好像hǎo xiàng
as if; to seem like
好处hǎo chu
benefit; advantage; gain; profit; also pronounced hao3 chu4

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