嗜好
shì hào · HSK 7
habit
🎣 嗜 (to be addicted to) + 好 (to like) = a liking so strong it becomes a habit
嗜 carries a 口 (mouth) radical, hinting at consuming or craving; pair it with 好 (to like) and you get a fondness that tips into indulgence or addiction. shì hào = the hobbies and cravings you keep going back to.
好 — woman 女 + child 子
好 is an associative compound showing a woman 女 beside a child 子, depicting a mother with her baby. From this image of maternal affection it came to mean 'good, fine, pleasing.' The reading hǎo means 'good'; read hào it means 'to like.'