大好き
だいすき · daisuki · JLPT N5 · na-adj
like very much
❤️ 大好き = big (大 dai) + liking (好き suki): a big like
好き (suki) means liked or fond of; 大 (dai) means big and works as an intensifier. Put together, daisuki is literally a big liking, so it means to like very much or to love. Swap 大 for nothing and you get plain 好き, the milder version.
大 — pictograph of a person with arms outstretched
大 is a pictograph showing a person standing with arms and legs spread wide. The outstretched arms suggest 'big' or 'great', extending from the literal image of a large stance to abstract meanings like important or grand. It is one of the oldest characters, found on oracle bones.
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.'