号
2 readings · tap one to hear it
(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
- HSK 3.0
- Level 1
- Old HSK
- Level 1
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 口 +2
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 号
- Common rank
- #219
- Unicode
- U+53F7
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
appellation · Heisig RSH #1025
口 mouth + snare
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 号
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 上大号 | (coll.) to defecate; to poop | |
| 上一号 | (coll.) to go pee; to go to the bathroom | |
| 法国号 | French horn | |
| 特大号 | (of clothes, containers etc) extra-large | |
| 二号人物 | second-in-command | |
| 大号 | (music) tuba; (of clothes, print etc) large size; large format; (polite) your (given) name… | |
| 号子 | work chant; prison cell; type; sort; mark; sign; signal; (Tw) brokerage firm | |
| 一号 | first day of the month; toilet; (slang) top (in a homosexual relationship) | |
| 区号 | area code | |
| 国号 | official name of a nation (includes dynastic names of China: 漢|汉[Han4], 唐[Tang2] etc) | |
| 中号 | medium-sized | |
| 号头 | number; serial number | |
| 头号 | first rate; top rank; number one | |
| 学号 | student ID number | |
| 小号 | trumpet; small size (clothes etc); (coll.) a number one; a piss; (humble) our store; alter… | |
| 头号字 | largest typeface; biggest letters | |
| 行号 | (computing) (text file) line number; (data table or spreadsheet) row number; (Tw) unincorp… | |
| 号手 | trumpeter; military bugler | |
| 分号 | semicolon; branch (of a business, shop etc) | |
| 亚罗号 | the Arrow (a Hong Kong registered ship involved in historical incident in 1856 used as pre… |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 丂 — compare how they read.