好

Glyph origin
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The widely accepted meaning of this character is that the characters for  and   were put together to form a compound because it was good for a woman to have a child. Similarly, it has been proposed that the compound originally refers to the mutual affection between the mother and child, which then extended to mean. These theories are supported by the smaller found in some oracle bones and bronze inscriptions.

However, broader interpretations of the second character could lead to other theories. could also mean, so it may have meant two children, a boy and a girl next to each other, which is a good fortune to have a boy and a girl. could also mean, so it may have referred to the love between a man and a woman, which is good. , in his annotated version of , interpreted it as originally referring to the beauty of woman. Lastly, it could mean that the of a girl was considered good.

Etymology
The two pronunciations are cognate – pronunciation 2 is the *-s suffixed form, or exoactive/putative of pronunciation 1, literally. Compare >.

This word has been compared with : 🇨🇬, Abor-Miri (🇨🇬), Mawo 🇨🇬, which is only attested in a limited number of languages. If this is correct, it may be related to. Alternatively, compare 🇨🇬.

Cognate with 🇨🇬, which may be a loanword from Chinese.

Definitions

 * 1) good; well
 * 2) good; very well; nice
 * 3) OK; alright
 * 4) fine
 * 5) friendly; close; acquainted
 * 6)  to start dating; to become romantic partners
 * 7) done; ready
 * 8) to be good to; easy to
 * 9) (making it) convenient; easy for
 * 10) to recover from an illness
 * 11) very; quite; rather; so
 * 12) a pleasure to (do something); good for (doing something)
 * 13)  properly; carefully
 * 14) greeting
 * 15) such; what
 * 16)  can
 * 17)  should
 * 18)  how
 * 19)  cleared
 * 1) to be good to; easy to
 * 2) (making it) convenient; easy for
 * 3) to recover from an illness
 * 4) very; quite; rather; so
 * 5) a pleasure to (do something); good for (doing something)
 * 6)  properly; carefully
 * 7) greeting
 * 8) such; what
 * 9)  can
 * 10)  should
 * 11)  how
 * 12)  cleared
 * 1) a pleasure to (do something); good for (doing something)
 * 2)  properly; carefully
 * 3) greeting
 * 4) such; what
 * 5)  can
 * 6)  should
 * 7)  how
 * 8)  cleared
 * 1)  properly; carefully
 * 2) greeting
 * 3) such; what
 * 4)  can
 * 5)  should
 * 6)  how
 * 7)  cleared
 * 1) greeting
 * 2) such; what
 * 3)  can
 * 4)  should
 * 5)  how
 * 6)  cleared
 * 1) such; what
 * 2)  can
 * 3)  should
 * 4)  how
 * 5)  cleared
 * 1) such; what
 * 2)  can
 * 3)  should
 * 4)  how
 * 5)  cleared
 * 1)  should
 * 2)  how
 * 3)  cleared
 * 1)  how
 * 2)  cleared
 * 1)  cleared

Descendants
Others:

Definitions

 * 1) to be fond of; to like
 * 2) to have a tendency to; to be prone to; good to; easy to
 * 3)  can; to be able to
 * 1) to have a tendency to; to be prone to; good to; easy to
 * 2)  can; to be able to
 * 1) to have a tendency to; to be prone to; good to; easy to
 * 2)  can; to be able to

Kanji

 * 1) fondness; what one likes

Hanja

 * 1) to like