# 好 like

子 (child) + 女 (woman)
★★★★★
6 strokes

## Onyomi

KOU | Your Moms likes exercising her COLON on Youtube.

## Mnemonic

| A woman and her child means 'like', huh? Think you can handle the linguistics by yourself, Noam Chomsky??

## Kunyomi

( が ) す*き | to like ★★★★★
この＊む | To have a preference for. ★★☆☆☆
この＊み | The noun form of 好む. You often say, 'That's my konomi,' meaning 'That's my favorite kind' . . . but it also implies that you know a lot about that thing.(***) ★★★☆☆

## Jukugo

大好き(だいすき) | really like ★★★★★ 大 (big) + 好 (like) = 大好き (really like)
格好(かっこう) | looks ★★★★★ 1/2 KANA 格 (character, aspect) + 好 (like) = 格好 (looks) literally, 'look' or 'shape,' as in 'He's dressed as a woman' : おんなの格好してる。 But　usually it means 'coolness:' かっこいい (cool) or かっこうわるい (not).(when used in the figurative, 'cool' sense, it is usually KANA)
格好つける(かっこうつける) | try too hard to be cool ★★★☆☆ KANA 格 (character, aspect) + 好 (like) = 格好つける (try too hard to be cool) this is a rad one. it means "try too hard to be cool". (Literally "manufacturing coolness")
好奇心(こうきしん) | curiosity ★☆☆☆☆ 好 (like) + 奇 (strange) + 心 (heart) = 好奇心 (curiosity) curiosity BOOBOO: if you want to say you're curious about a specific thing, you'd use 興味　（きょうみ） instead. 好奇心 usually means "curiosity-in-general": 　you have an inquiring personality, or a gaze of curiosity on your face. You'd never say, "Oh, you play in a band? 好奇心ある！”