好hǎo

好

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Simplified Chinese

Modern simplified form (簡體). 好 (hǎo, "good, well") remains unchanged from its traditional counterpart — a composite character pairing 女 (woman) with 子 (child), originally depicting a mother holding her baby, the ancient symbol of something beneficial and wholesome. This warm imagery of nurturing has endured for over two thousand years, making 好 one of the most universally understood characters in Chinese.

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Shuowen

好 is composed of the female radical 女 beside the child radical 子; the oracle bone picture shows a kneeling woman next to a child, a pairing the Shang regarded as the embodiment of beauty and goodness; the combined image was adopted to express the concept of "good" or "beautiful" in later writing.

Pinyin

hǎo· HSK 1· Radical 女

好hǎo

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