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号

hào, háo

call, mark

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 丂 represents the sound. Simplified form of 號.

Components
口 meaning component

口  Meaning component

kǒu

  

mouth

丂 sound component

丂  Sound component

kǎo

  

axe handle

Evolution

号 Bronze script Early Warring States (~400 BC)

Bronze script

Early Warring States (~400 BC)
号 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
号 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
号 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

号 (號) 

hào

mark, sign; symbol; number; ordinal number; day of a month; mark; sign; business establishment; size; ship suffix; horn (wind instrument); bugle call; assumed name; to take a pulse; classifier used to indicate number of people

号 (號) 

háo

roar; cry; CL:個|个[gè]

Most common words with 号
Freq.
Word
Meaning

号

mark

号码

number

信号

signal

称号

name

口号

slogan

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (1 verified)

號

Sound component in 4 characters (1 verified)

號 枵 鴞 鸮

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[g]ˤaw-s

hawH

hào

command, call (n.)


Statistics

HSK level 1

Appears in 74.8518% of movies

339th most common character in movies

487th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

5

Traditional

號

Unicode

U+53F7

Shuowen

“号，痛聲也。从口，在丂上。”


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