Radical 女

6 strokes

woman 女 (15) + child 子 (17) = good 好

In this story and the previous one, we have added phrases in brackets. These are non-essential parts of the story we sometimes add in, to explain and expand it. They are background detail to help you visualize the scene, and they’re only a means to an end. (The end is to remember the scene and hence remember the words in bold).

The gray pronunciation means that 好 can also be pronounced hào in HSK Level B, with a different meaning not covered in HSK Level a (see also Character 7).

(At an art gallery) “a woman with a child represents good,” the curator said (indicating a particularly dull picture). / But nobody was listening, because they were all watching the Teddy, who was building a house of cards.