Character Familiesleft / right

好hǎo, hào

good; well; to like

Good/well and hào to-like senses stay grouped on one page.

GF0025–2021 character list · 一级

One character pageAll readings and linked senses stay together.

WHOLE GLYPH & STRUCTURE

left / right

Pieces are shown with their documented or clearly limited role; the whole glyph remains the standard form.

left / right · 好

WHOLE CHARACTER

good; well; to like

Good/well and hào to-like senses stay grouped on one page.

女 and 子 form an associative example; 子 does not give the hǎo sound.

MEANING

woman; female

Female/woman-related meaning clue.

In 好: meaning Shown with its documented or clearly limited role.

MEANING

child; nominal suffix

Child/seed meaning and suffix use are kept distinct.

In 好: meaning Shown with its documented or clearly limited role.

hǎoTone 3

hàoTone 4

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Pieces are shown with their documented or clearly limited role; the whole glyph remains the standard form.

妈 mā — Shares a documented or visibly limited component with 好.

疑 yí, nǐ — Shares a documented or visibly limited component with 好.

孩 hái — Shares a documented or visibly limited component with 好.

姐 jiě — Shares a documented or visibly limited component with 好.

Sources & verification

ZDIC single character entry — matched zdic; fields: pinyin, primary_definition, structure_strokes. Body SHA256: 35fcd0bfe607298f23591bad4fd2a685e44873c9301f71b27f1a1840270c7ad1. Captured 2026-10-31T13:49:08.659Z.
商务印书馆 Xinhua Dictionary official material — reference only; fields: edition, publication background. No specific character entry was obtained; dictionary fields are not covered by this source.