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good

HSK 1 N3
hǎo, hào
コウ
この.む、す.く、よ.い、い.い
It is good (好) for a woman (女) and her child (子) to be together.
Components
woman+ child =
good
Meaning component
woman
woman, girl
Meaning component
zi child
offspring, child
Notes
Historical Evolution
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Bronze
Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Bronze Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Bronze
Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Bronze Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Bronze
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Bronze Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Bronze
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Regular
Modern
Chinese
[hǎo]
good; well; proper; good to; easy to; very; so; (suffix indicating completion or readiness); (of two people) close; on intimate terms; (after a personal pronoun) hello
[hào]
to be fond of; to have a tendency to; to be prone to
Japanese
こう 同音
prefix good
誼み 好み よしみ よしび 同音
noun usually kana friendship; friendly relations; connection; relation; intimacy
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
こう
female given name
このみ
Konomi female given name
このむ
Konomu surnamegiven name
すう
Suu female given name
みよし
Miyoshi female given name
よし
Yoshi female given namesurname
よしさき
Yoshisaki surname
よしみ
Yoshimi female given name
よしむ
Yoshimu given name
らいく
Raiku female given name