號 (hào)
number/size
How 號 is written
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 口 — mouth
- Traditional
- 號
- Simplified
- 号
號 has 2 readings
The pronunciation changes with the meaning, so the reading has to be learned per word.
- háo
- roar; cry; CL:個|个[ge4]
- hào
- ordinal number; day of a month; mark; sign
Common words using 號
- 信號 xìnhào
- signal
- 號令 hàolìng
- an order (esp. army); bugle call expressing military order; verbal command
- 號碼 hàomǎ
- number; CL:堆[dui1],個|个[ge4]
- 賬號 zhànghào
- account; username
- 一號 yīhào
- first day of the month
- 代號 dàihào
- code name
- 加號 jiāhào
- plus sign + (math.)
- 口號 kǒuhào
- slogan; catchphrase; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 句號 jùhào
- period (punct.)
- 名號 mínghào
- name; good reputation; title
- 問號 wènhào
- question mark (punct.); unknown factor; unsolved problem
- 型號 xínghào
- model number
號 in a sentence
請問你的電話號碼幾號?
Qǐngwèn nǐ de diànhuà hàomǎ jǐ hào?
“May I ask what your phone number is?”
How common is 號?
號 is the 487th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 75.2% of all running text.
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