háo, hào

number; day of a month; mark; sign; size; (business) firm; horn (musical instrument); (háo) roar; cry; to howl

Radical: 口 HSK 1 q, n, v pictophonetic

Components & Etymology

号 decomposes into the following components:

Semantic component: ; phonetic component: .

Words containing 号

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 号.

一号
yī hào
first day of the month
中号
zhōng hào
串号
chuàn hào
identification number
乘号
chéng hào
multiplication sign (math.)
书号
shū hào
二号
èr hào
2nd day of the month
五号
wǔ hào
the fifth
井号
jǐng hào
number sign # (punctuation)
代号
dài hào
code name
伤号
shāng hào
casualties
佛号
fó hào
one of the many names of Buddha
信号
xìn hào
signal

Related characters (radical 口)

Characters that share the radical .

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