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Mythic Mandarin

爱好 (ài hào): meaning and stroke order

爱好 (ài hào) means to like; to be fond of; to take pleasure in; to be keen on, interest; hobby, 个.

爱好

Simplified
爱好
Traditional
愛好
Pinyin
ài hào

Stroke order of 爱好

爱

  • ài to love; to be fond of; to like; affection
  • 10 strokes
  • Traditional form: 愛

Stroke by stroke

好

  • hǎo good; appropriate; proper
  • hào to be fond of; to have a tendency to; to be prone to
  • 6 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 爱好

  1. ài hào Traditional 愛好
    • to like; to be fond of; to take pleasure in; to be keen on
    • interest; hobby
    • CL:個|个[ge4]

Radicals of the characters

爱
Radical 爪 (Kangxi radical 87) · 10 strokes
好
Radical 女 (Kangxi radical 38) · 6 strokes · 女 on the left, 子 on the right

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

爱好 in our stories

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  • 后来，“叶公好龙”成了一个常用的成语，比喻表面上爱好某种东西，实际上并不真的喜欢，甚至害怕它。

    hòulái yègōnghàolóng chéng le yí gè chángyòng de chéngyǔ bǐyù biǎomiànshang àihào mǒu zhǒng dōngxi shíjìshang bìng bù zhēn de xǐhuan shènzhì hàipà tā

    Later "Lord Ye loves dragons" became a common idiom for someone who seems to love something but in fact doesn't really like it, and may even fear it.

    From the story Lord Ye loves dragons HSK 7–9 · Level 9

Stories using 爱好

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).