HSK 3.0 · LEVEL 1
好看
Good-looking, beautiful, or interesting (to watch)
Free Chinese vocabulary flashcard · HSK 1
Why does 好看 look like this?
This is a compound word! '好' (hǎo) combines '女' (woman) and '子' (child), originally representing the 'good' feeling of a mother and baby. '看' (kàn) shows a hand '手' over an eye '目', like someone shading their eyes to 'look' or 'watch'. Together, they literally mean 'good to look at'.