好(hǎo)

HSK 16 strokes
Readingshǎohào

good

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Stroke order animation

Character information

Pinyin
hǎo / hào
Meaning
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
Strokes
6
HSK level
HSK 1
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 好 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿰女子

A woman 女 with a son 子

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

女nǚ子zǐ

Parts are arranged left to right.

How to write 好 step by step

6 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 好

Common words using 好 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

nǐ你hǎo好
HSK 1

hello; hi

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bù不hǎo好yì意si思
HSK 2

to feel embarrassed

Open 不好意思 page →
yǒu友hǎo好
HSK 2

see 友好区

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zhǐ只hǎo好
HSK 3

to have no other option but to ...; to have to; to be forced to

Open 只好 page →
yě也hǎo好
HSK 5

that's fine; may as well; (reduplicated) regardless of whether ... or ...

Open 也好 page →
gāng刚hǎo好
HSK 6

just

Open 刚好 page →
jiào叫hǎo好
HSK 7-9

to applaud

Open 叫好 page →
shàng上hǎo好

first-rate; top-notch

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你不意思友只也刚

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