Dictionary/号

号

hào · hao

ㄏㄠˋ 號
HSK 1TOCFL Novice 25 strokestop 20 by use on the map →
1(literary) to call out; to command
2(bound form) bugle; trumpet
3(bound form) signal; bugle call (e.g. 起床號|起床号[qi3 chuang2 hao4])
4(bound form) mark; sign
5to mark; to label; to assign a number
6(bound form) name; appellation (e.g. 國號|国号[guo2 hao4], 年號|年号[nian2 hao4], 遼寧號|辽宁号[Liao2 ning2 Hao4])
7(after a numeral) number designation (e.g. 237號房間|237号房间[er4 san1 qi1 hao4 fang2 jian1] "Room 237")
8day of the month (e.g. 七號|七号[qi1 hao4] "the 7th")
9(bound form) size; type; category (e.g. 五號電池|五号电池[wu3 hao4 dian4 chi2])
10(TCM) to feel (the pulse) (used in 號脈|号脉[hao4 mai4])
11classifier for numbered people or items

Etymology

pictophonetic · mouth

Radical

口 · mark, sign; symbol; number; to call, to cry, to roar

Composition

⿱口丂

Writing

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