Hanja Analyzer
号

号 — ho

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
이름 호
Romanization
ho
English
mark, sign; symbol; number
Mandarin
hào
Japanese on'yomi
ゴウ, コウ, キョウ
Japanese kun'yomi
さけ.ぶ よびな
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 3
Newspaper frequency
#585 of 2,500
Strokes
5
Variant forms
號
Radical
口 (30, 2 residual)
Phonetic component
丂
Unicode
U+53F7

How 号 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 号 as a ideographic compound involving 口, 丂.

Japanese words with 号

  • 番号ばんごう number; series of digits
  • 信号しんごう signal; signalling; signaling
  • 号ごう number; edition; make
  • 記号きごう sign; symbol; mark
  • 背番号せばんごう number on the back of a player's uniform; uniform number; shirt number
  • 暗号あんごう code; password; cipher
  • 赤信号あかしんごう red light (traffic); red light; signal to stop
  • 称号しょうごう title; name; degree
  • 信号機しんごうき traffic light; traffic signal; signal (mechanism)
  • 二号にごう number two; mistress; concubine
  • 号車ごうしゃ suffix for train car numbers
  • 号令ごうれい order (esp. to a number of people); command; ritual of bowing at start and end of school class

Characters sharing the phonetic 丂

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “호”

Other hanja with radical 口

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