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かっこう

shape, appearance

Mnemonic

How a thing measures up and whether people like what they see. Car かっ, coo こう: he came through the door and the room decided he looked good: かっこう.

Worth knowing

Sits near 学校 がっこう and 結構 けっこう in sound. かっこいい, good looking, is this word. 形 かたち is the shape of a thing and 姿 すがた the figure of a person.

Built from

status, standard
木 a tree on the left, worked to a standard. The frame a thing is built to, and how it comes across.
fond of, good
女 woman + 子 child

Words sharing these kanji

character, personality fond of, liked love

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