号

See also: 號 and 묵

号	U+53F7, 号 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53F7

← 叶
[U+53F6]

CJK Unified Ideographs

司 →
[U+53F8]

Translingual

Stroke order

Japanese	号
Simplified	号
Traditional	號

Han character

号 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+2, 5 strokes, cangjie input 口一女尸 (RMVS), composition ⿱口丂)

Derived characters

呺, 枵, 號, 䪽, 飸, 鴞(鸮), 㞻

Additional Derived Characters

𬽱, 𢪶, 𤝐, 𭴒, 𭷐, 𦚊, 𰢬, 𭽑, 𪾥, 𥍣, 𰫟, 𧦢, 𮡓, 𨱭, 𠒠, 𱙾, 𠸮, 𮧃, 𩖸, 𩨴, 𱆩
𠳯, 𨚙, 𣪆, 𣭖, 𫪕, 𠵗, 𰇱, 𭈹, 𭈶, 𱓪, 𱿒, 𡀒, 𧇼, 𫇯, 𰖦
𤩩, 𰢖, 𨫴, 𡩸, 𢣉

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 174, character 2
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3256
Dae Jaweon: page 385, character 7
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 570, character 1
Unihan data for U+53F7

Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
饕	*l̥ʰaːw
號	ɦlaːw, ɦlaːws
号	*ɦlaːws
枵	*hraw
呺	*hraw
鴞	*ɦraw

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 口 (“mouth”) + 丂 (“exhaled air; a tiger's cry”). See 號 for more details.

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 号 – see 號 (“name; alias; art name; etc.”). (This character is the simplified and variant form of 號).
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

References

Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A03612-001

Japanese

Shinjitai	号
Kyūjitai	號

Kanji

号

(Third grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 號)

Readings

Go-on: ごう (gō, Jōyō)^{←がう (gau, historical)}
Kan-on: こう (kō)^{←かう (kau, historical)}
Kun: さけぶ (sakebu, 号ぶ)、よびな (yobina, 号)

Compounds

哀号(あいごう) (aigō)
青信号(あおしんごう) (aoshingō)
赤信号(あかしんごう) (akashingō)
暗号(あんごう) (angō)
加号(かごう) (kagō)
雅号(がごう) (gagō)
記号(きごう) (kigō)
黄信号(きしんごう) (kishingō)
減号(げんごう) (gengō)
口号(こうごう) (kōgō)
国号(こくごう) (kokugō)
号外(ごうがい) (gōgai)
号泣(ごうきゅう) (gōkyū)
号哭(ごうこく) (gōkoku)
号室(ごうしつ) (gōshitsu)
号数(ごうすう) (gōsū)
号令(ごうれい) (gōrei)
称号(しょうごう) (shōgō)
商号(しょうごう) (shōgō)
信号(しんごう) (shingō)
除号(じょごう) (jogō)
乗号(じょうごう) (jōgō)
通号(つうごう) (tsūgō)
正号(せいごう) (seigō)
等号(とうごう) (tōgō)
怒号(どごう) (dogō)
年号(ねんごう) (nengō)
番号(ばんごう) (bangō)
廟号(びょうごう) (byōgō)
符号(ふごう) (fugō)
負号(ふごう) (fugō)
法号(ほうごう) (hōgō)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
号
ごう Grade: 3
goon

Alternative spelling
號 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 号 (MC hawH)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ごー [góꜜò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [ɡo̞ː]

Noun

号(ごう) • (gō) ^{←がう (gau)^?}

Suffix

号(ごう) • (-gō) ^{←がう (-gau)^?}

ordinal marker, often with prefix 第 (used like -st, -nd, -rd, -th in English)
（第(だい)）六(ろく)号(ごう)
(dai)-roku gō
(The) 6th

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

号 (eumhun 이름 호 (ireum ho))

alternative form of 號 (“hanja form^? of 호 (“name; number”)”)

References

Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea (대한민국 대법원, Daehanmin'guk Daebeobwon) (2018). Table of hanja for personal names (인명용 한자표 / 人名用漢字表, Inmyeong-yong hanja-pyo), page 51. [1]

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-2] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[SMK5-3] Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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