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Chinese symbol for “preferences”

好恶
hào wù
Traditional: 好惡
lit. likes and dislikes; preferences; taste

The closest CC-CEDICT match for preferences is 好恶 (hào wù), defined as: lit. likes and dislikes; preferences; taste.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

好 hào
good, excellent, fine; proper, suitable; well
radical 38 ⼥ · 6 strokes
恶 wù
bad, evil, wicked; to hate, to loathe; foul, nauseating
radical 61 ⼼ · 10 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “preferences”

WordPinyinMeaning
脾胃pí wèispleen and stomach (digestive organs in TCM); preferences

Related words

Other words that share a character with 好恶.

WordPinyinMeaning
最好zuì hǎobest; had better ...; it would be best to ...
好像hǎo xiàngas if; to seem like
不好bù hǎono good
好好hǎo hǎoin perfectly good condition; perfectly all right; well; thoroughly; carefully; properly
良好liáng hǎogood; favorable
好看hǎo kàngood-looking; nice-looking; (of a movie, book, TV show etc) good
邪恶 (邪惡)xié èsinister; vicious
恶心 (噁心)ě xīnvariant of 恶心 (ě xīn)

See also: Japanese symbol for “preferences”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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