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字HANZI DESK

号

Traditional: 號

háo

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háo · hou6 (Jyutping)

  1. (bound form) to wail; to howl

hào · hou6 (Jyutping)

  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
  5. to 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")
  8. day 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])
  11. classifier for numbered people or items

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

号

Meaning
mark, sign; symbol; number
Radical
口
Strokes
5
Components
⿱口丂
Cangjie
RMVS
Four-corner
6020.7

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