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hǎo good

6 strokes

Where the shape comes from

A woman, 女, with a child, 子. It is the oldest explanation of the character and still the easiest way to remember it.

woman
child

Write it

Watch the order first, then trace it with the guide, then write it from memory. The model comes back over your strokes so you can see where the shape drifted.

Press Watch to see the stroke order.

Stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi via Hanzi Writer, Arphic Public License.

Three words that use it

你好 hǎohello
好吃hǎochīdelicious
好看hǎokànnice to look at

Watch out

The mistake people make

Making 女 as wide as 子. 女 is the narrower half, and its last stroke rises to make room.