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CHINESE CHARACTER

好 (hǎo): Meaning, Words & Stroke Order

hǎo
good, excellent, fine; proper, suitable; well
HSK 16 strokes

LEARNING CONNECTIONS

Primary radical

女 is the Unicode primary radical used to organise 好.

女 · 子

Visible components

好 is decomposed as ⿰女子.

STROKES · 6

Write 好 in 6 steps.

Each square adds one stroke in the standard writing order.

PRACTISE WRITING →

LEARN THIS CHARACTER IN CONTEXT

Examples using 好

做得好!

Zuò dé hǎo!

Good job!

好吃

我想吃点好吃的。

Wǒ xiǎng chī diǎn hǎo chī de。

I want to eat something delicious.

好看

好好看这张照片。

Hǎo hǎo kàn zhè zhāng zhào piàn。

Have a good look at this picture.

FAQ

What does 好 (hǎo) mean in Chinese?

good, excellent, fine; proper, suitable; well

How do you write 好 in stroke order?

好 has 6 strokes. Follow the animated stroke-order sequence above, then practise it on the writing page.

What is the radical of 好?

女 is the radical in 好. It can provide a meaning-side clue.

What are common words with 好?

好 (hǎo): good; appropriate; proper; all right!; (before a verb) easy to; (before a verb) good to; (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so; 好吃 (hǎochī): tasty; delicious; to be fond of eating; to be gluttonous; 好看 (hǎokàn): good-looking; nice-looking; (of a movie, book, TV show etc) good; in an embarrassing situation.