好

hǎo, hào

good; appropriate; proper; all right!; (before a verb) easy to; (before a verb) good to; (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so; (verb complement indicating completion); (of two people) close; on intimate terms; (after a personal pronoun) hello

Radical: 女 HSK 1 a, d, v ideographic

Components & Etymology

好 decomposes into the following components:

女 子

Words containing 好

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 好.

上好
shàng hǎo
不好
bù hǎo
no good
也好
yě hǎo
that's fine
买好
mǎi hǎo
to ingratiate oneself
交好
jiāo hǎo
你好
nǐ hǎo
Hello!
修好
xiū hǎo
to repair
偏好
piān hào
to prefer
充好
chōng hǎo
to substitute shoddy goods
刚好
gāng hǎo
just
利好
lì hǎo
办好
bàn hǎo
to manage well

Related characters (radical 女)

Characters that share the radical 女.

女 奴 奶 奸 她 奼 妁 如 妃 妄 妆 妇 妈 妊 妍 妒 妓 妖 妗 妙 妝 妞 妟 妣

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