Characters · 6 strokes
好
hǎo good
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.
女woman
子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
nǐ hǎo
hello
好吃
hǎochī
delicious
好看
hǎokàn
nice 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.