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好 = 子 + 女

好 is a Japanese kanji written with 6 strokes, listed here under the keyword “fond”. It is built from 子 (child) and 女 (woman). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 103.

Keyword
fond
RTK frame
103
Strokes
6
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
コウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
この.む, す.く, よ.い, い.い
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
любящий
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
好 good

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 子 child
  2. 女 woman

How to find 好 without knowing its reading

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