like

(child) + (woman)
★★★★★
6 strokes

Onyomi

KOU

Your Moms likes exercising her COLON on Youtube.

Mnemonic

A woman and her child means 'like', huh? Think you can handle the linguistics by yourself, Noam Chomsky??

Kunyomi

( ) す*き to like
★★★★★
この*む To have a preference for.
★★☆☆☆
この*み The noun form of 好む. You often say, 'That's my konomi,' meaning 'That's my favorite kind' . . . but it also implies that you know a lot about that thing.(***)
★★★☆☆

Jukugo

大好き(だいすき)

really like ★★★★★
(big) + (like) = 大好き (really like)

格好(かっこう)

looks ★★★★★ 1/2 KANA
(character, aspect) + (like) = 格好 (looks)

literally, 'look' or 'shape,' as in 'He's dressed as a woman' : おんなの格好してる。

But usually it means 'coolness:' かっこいい (cool) or かっこうわるい (not).(when used in the figurative, 'cool' sense, it is usually KANA)

格好つける(かっこうつける)

try too hard to be cool ★★★☆☆ KANA
(character, aspect) + (like) = 格好つける (try too hard to be cool)

this is a rad one. it means "try too hard to be cool". (Literally "manufacturing coolness")

好奇心(こうきしん)

curiosity ★☆☆☆☆
(like) + (strange) + (heart) = 好奇心 (curiosity)

curiosity

BOOBOO: if you want to say you're curious about a specific thing, you'd use 興味 (きょうみ) instead.

好奇心 usually means "curiosity-in-general":  you have an inquiring personality, or a gaze of curiosity on your face. You'd never say, "Oh, you play in a band? 好奇心ある!”