How to write 好 (hǎo, “good”)
好, an HSK 1 character, is read hǎo for “good” and “appropriate”, and also hào (“to be fond of”). As a left-right character it splits into 女 (“female”, the radical), strokes 1–3; 子 (“son”), strokes 4–6, written the left part first. On its own it is an HSK 1 word; it also forms 你好 (“hello”), 好吃 (“tasty”) and 好听 (“pleasant to hear”). Japanese reads it kou, “fond”, as a JLPT N3 kanji.
- Pinyin
- hǎo, hào
- Strokes
- 6
- HSK
- 1
- Radical
- 女 (“female”)
Stroke by stroke
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- Left-falling then dot ㇛top leftdownwards → down and right
- Left-falling stroke ㇒topdown and left
- Rising stroke ㇀leftrightwards
- Horizontal hook ㇖toprightwards → down and left
- Curved hook ㇁centerdown and right → downwards
- Horizontal ㇐centerrightwards
Japanese and Chinese
Japanese and Chinese draw all 6 strokes in the same order and direction, by our stroke-by-stroke comparison.
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Pinyin and meaning
| Pinyin | Meanings | Traditional | In words |
|---|---|---|---|
| hǎo third tone | good; appropriate; proper; all right!; (before a verb) easy to; (before a verb) good to | — | 你好 好吃 好听 好看 |
| hào fourth tone | to be fond of; to have a tendency to; to be prone to | — | 爱好 |
- HSK 2025 syllabus
- level 1
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- Words with it
- 228 in CC-CEDICT
Words with 好
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 好 | hǎo | good; appropriate HSK 1 |
| 你好 | nǐhǎo | hello; hi HSK 1 |
| 好吃 | hǎochī | tasty; delicious HSK 1 |
| 好听 好聽 | hǎotīng | pleasant to hear HSK 1 |
| 好看 | hǎokàn | good-looking; nice-looking HSK 1 |
| 爱好 愛好 | àihào | to like; to be fond of HSK 2 |
| 不好意思 | bùhǎoyìsi | to feel embarrassed; to find it embarrassing HSK 2 |
| 好多 | hǎoduō | many; quite a lot HSK 3 |
| 最好 | zuìhǎo | best; had better ... HSK 3 |
| 好久 | hǎojiǔ | a long time HSK 3 |
HSK words first (CC-CEDICT).
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