Chinese

好看

hǎokàn
good-looking; beautiful; pretty
  • HSK 1

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Lineage

  • characterChinese好 “good; well”
    • ideaChinese女 “woman; (only of humans in Standard Chinese) female”
    • ideaChinese子 “child; offspring; descendant”
  • characterChinese看 “to look; to see; to watch”
    • ideaChinese手 “hand (Classifier: 隻/只 m c mn; 雙/双 m mn; 對/对 c)”
    • ideaChinese目 “eye (Classifier: 雙/双 mn-t)”

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