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

𬽱, 呺, 𢪶, 𤝐, 枵, 𭴒, 𭷐, 𦚊, 𭽑, 𪾥, 𥍣, 𰢬, 𰫟, 𧦢, 𨱭, 𠸮, 𮧃, 𩖸, 𩨴
𠳯, 𨚙, 𣪆, 𣭖, 𫪕, 𠵗, 𰇱, 𭈹, 號, 䪽, 飸, 𱆩, 鴞(鸮), 𡀒, 𧇼, 㞻, 𫇯, 𰖦
𤩩, 𰢖, 𨫴, 𡩸, 𢣉, 𰊽

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 (号) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

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

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 口 + 丂.

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

Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:

号

Wikipedia ^ja

Kanji

号

(grade 3 “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

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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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