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Kanji Detail for 好 - "good, to like, friendly"

  • Meaning

    好 means "good, to like, friendly."

    1. Good - Favorable; pleasant.

    2. Like - To be fond of; to prefer.

    3. Friendly - On good terms; close.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    fond; pleasing; like something

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    good, excellent, fine; well

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    good; appropriate; proper; all right!; (before a verb) easy to; (before a verb) good to; (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so; (verb complement indicating completion); (of two people) close; on intimate terms; (after a personal pronoun) hello

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    good, excellent, fine; proper, suitable; well

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Beautiful; good. | Being friendly. Such as calling friends 相好. | To love without letting go. (Book of Odes) "In the heart, loving it."
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