好意
hǎo yì · HSK 7
kindness
🤝 好 (good) + 意 (intention/meaning) = a good intention, i.e. kindness
好 hǎo is the everyday word for good; 意 yì means intention or meaning (as in 意思). Glued together they name the good intent behind a kind act. Contrast 好意 (kindness offered) with 恶意 èyì, ill will, where 恶 è swaps good for evil.
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.'