Zi:好

好 [hǎo] good/fine/well (​良好); seems like (好​象); beloved; easy [hào] to like (​爱好 àihào ‘hobby’); hole [hāo] 好好​儿 hǎohāor in good shape, carefully; (HDZ:) …

3 monosyllabic entries in The ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary (namespace Ci):

►hǎo* ​好 {A} s.v. good ◆adv. ①very ‖ ∼ guì ∼贵 very expensive ②easy to ‖ Zhèige wèntí ∼ huídá. 这个问题∼回答。 This question is easy to answer. ◆pref. good to ‖ ∼chī ∼吃 good to eat ◆suf. (indicating completion) ‖ Wǒ zuò∼ le. 我做∼了。 I'm done; I've finished (it). ‖ Nòng∼ zài zǒu. 弄∼再走。 Finish (this) before going. ◆conj. so as to; so that ◆v. 〈environment:〉 topo. may; can; should ‖ Wọ̌ ∼ jìnlai ma? 我∼进来吗? May I come in?
►²hào ​好 {B} v. ①like; be fond of ‖ Tā ∼ biǎoxiàn zìjǐ. 他∼表现自己。 He likes to show off. ②be liable to ‖ ²Tā ∼ yùnchuán. 她∼晕船。 She's susceptible to seasickness.
►¹hāo ​好 {E} b.f. with care ►hǎohāo 好好

The character 好 hǎo ‘good’ has ​女 (nǚ) ‘woman/girl’ on the left, and ​子 (zǐ )‘child’ on the right: a lovely/loving/doting woman/mother, caring for, playing with such a good baby.
    The Shuōwén Seal form of 好 hǎo ‘lovely/beautiful girl/woman’ (​媄) combines ​女(​𠨰) nǚ ‘girl/woman’, and ​子(​𠯃) zǐ ‘child/offspring’: the old meaning of 好 ‘(lovely/beautiful) girl/woman’ (​女​子) is said to have developed into extended meanings ‘lovely/beautiful (in general); fine/good’ (DYC).
    Compare: ​女​子 nǚzǐ ‘girl/female child; girl/woman; female’, said to be the old meaning of 好 (DYC); ​㝀 hào (​喜​爱).
    Compare: ​美好 ‘fine/happy’; 好​看 ‘looks good’; 好​听 ‘sounds nice’; 好​闻 ‘smells good’; 好​吃 ‘tasty’; 好​喝 ‘good to drink’; 好​玩​儿! ‘fun!’.
    Compare: 好​像/​象 ‘seem; be like’ (good image of); ​只好 ‘must’ (the only good way); ​正好 ‘exactly’.
    Compare: ​媄 měi ‘beautiful (color/complexion)’ (SW: ​色好); ​美 měi ‘beautiful’ (SW: ‘fat/tasty lamb’); ​善(​𧨅) shàn ‘good’.
    HDZ: 好 : hǎo : ​美​色, ​女​子​貌​美; ​美, ​优​良; ​善, ​优​点​多; ​亲​爱, ​和​睦; ​完​毕, ​完​成; ​健​康; ​容​易 (​这​话好​懂); ​宜​于, ​便​于; ​应​该, ​可​以; ​效​果好 (好​看, 好​听, 好​闻, 好​吃, 好​玩); ​赞​许, ​同​意, ​结​束; (​语​气​词) ​反​语; ​小; (​副​词) (​甚, ​太; (好​多, 好​久)) • hào : ​爱好, ​喜​爱; ​常​常​容​易​发​生; (​古) ​玉​器​中​间​的​孔, ​璧​孔, ​瑗​孔, ​環​孔 (​肉好: (​古) ​圆​形​玉​器​和​钱​币​等​的​边​和​孔, ​肉: ​边, 好: ​中​间​的​孔); (​姓)
    HDC: 好​看 : ​美​观, ​看​着​舒​服; ​光​采, ​体​面; ​抬​举, ​厚​待; ​反​话, ​难​堪
    HDC: 好​像/​象 : ​有​些​像, ​仿​佛
    HDC: ​美好 : 好
►references: Guǎngyùn:303.08,419.01; Karlgren:AD1089,GSR1044a; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:2.1028.1; Lindqvist:45; Mathews:2062; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:255.11; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:038.0.02; EDOC:1
►components: ​女​子​
►Cantonese: hou/ hou-
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Unicode: U+597D
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