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Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 4

JLPT level: N3

423 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 6

Meaning: fond, pleasing, like something

Kunyomi: この.む, す.く, よ.い, い.い

Onyomi: コウ

Composition: 女 子

好

Radical

Radical: 女

Reading: おんなへん

Meaning: woman, female

Strokes: 3

Reading: おんなへん

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Examples

Examples with audio

好意(こうい)   good will

同好会(どうこうかい)   club of like-minded people

好調(こうちょう)   favorable

好み(このみ)   inclination, taste

好き(すき)   like

物好き(ものずき)   (idle) curiosity

お人好し(おひとよし)   softhearted

好い加減(いいかげん)   unconvincing, irresponsible remark

Onyomi Examples

好 (コウ) good

好意 (コウイ) kindness, favor, favour, friendliness, goodwill, affection, liking (for someone), love

友好 (ユウコウ) friendship

同好 (ドウコウ) similar tastes

Kunyomi Examples

好む (このむ) to like, to prefer

好むと好まざるとにかかわらず (このむとこのまざるとにかかわらず) whether one likes it or not

好く (すく) to like, to love, to be fond of

良い (よい) good, excellent, fine, nice, pleasant, agreeable, sufficient, enough, ready, prepared, profitable (deal, business offer, etc.), beneficial, OK, all right, fine, no problem, easy to ...

いい男 (いいおとこ) handsome man, looker, good guy, great guy, influential person (esp. in the yakuza), sumo wrestler

いい加減 (いいかげん) irresponsible, perfunctory, careless, lukewarm, half-baked, halfhearted, vague, (already) enough, considerably, quite, rather, pretty

いい男 (いいおとこ) handsome man, looker, good guy, great guy, influential person (esp. in the yakuza), sumo wrestler

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