Kanji

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:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: おんなへん

Meaning: woman, female

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

意(こうい)   good will

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

調(こうちょう)   favorable

み(このみ)   inclination, taste

き(すき)   like

き(ものずき)   (idle) curiosity

お人し(おひとよし)   softhearted

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

Onyomi Examples

コウ good

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

ユウコウ friendship

ドウコウ similar tastes

Kunyomi Examples

このむ to like, to prefer

むと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

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, reasonable, moderate, 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