号
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(literary) to call out; to command; (bound form) bugle; trumpet; (bound form) signal; bugle call (e.g. 起床號|起床号[qi3 chuang2 hao4]); (bound form) mark; sign; to mark; to label; to assign a number; (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]); (after a numeral) number designation (e.g. 237號房間|237号房间[er4 san1 qi1 hao4 fang2 jian1] "Room 237"); day of the month (e.g. 七號|七号[qi1 hao4] "the 7th"); (bound form) size; type; category (e.g. 五號電池|五号电池[wu3 hao4 dian4 chi2]); (TCM) to feel (the pulse) (used in 號脈|号脉[hao4 mai4]); classifier for numbered people or items
How 号 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
口 (semantic, “mouth”) + 丂 (phonetic, kǎo)
How to remember it
appellation · Heisig RSH #1025
口 mouth + snare
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 丂
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 丂 (kǎo) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 丂 sound component | kǎo | obstruction of breath (qi); variant of 考 |
| 考 | kǎo | to test, to investigate, to examine |
| 巧 | qiǎo | skillful, ingenious, clever |
Words containing 号
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 上大号 | shàng dà hào | (coll.) to defecate; to poop |
| 上一号 | shàng yī hào | (coll.) to go pee; to go to the bathroom |
| 法国号 | fǎ guó hào | French horn |
| 特大号 | tè dà hào | (of clothes, containers etc) extra-large |
| 二号人物 | èr hào rén wù | second-in-command |
| 大号 | dà hào | (music) tuba; (of clothes, print etc) large size; large format; (polite) your (given) name… |
| 号子 | hào zi | work chant; prison cell; type; sort; mark; sign; signal; (Tw) brokerage firm |
| 一号 | yī hào | first day of the month; toilet; (slang) top (in a homosexual relationship) |
| 区号 | qū hào | area code |
| 国号 | guó hào | official name of a nation (includes dynastic names of China: 漢|汉[Han4], 唐[Tang2] etc) |
| 中号 | zhōng hào | medium-sized |
| 号头 | hào tóu | number; serial number |
| 头号 | tóu hào | first rate; top rank; number one |
| 学号 | xué hào | student ID number |
| 小号 | xiǎo hào | trumpet; small size (clothes etc); (coll.) a number one; a piss; (humble) our store; alter… |
| 头号字 | tóu hào zì | largest typeface; biggest letters |
| 行号 | háng hào | (computing) (text file) line number; (data table or spreadsheet) row number; (Tw) unincorp… |
| 号手 | hào shǒu | trumpeter; military bugler |
| 分号 | fēn hào | semicolon; branch (of a business, shop etc) |
| 亚罗号 | Yà luó Hào | the Arrow (a Hong Kong registered ship involved in historical incident in 1856 used as pre… |