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: 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): 口 + 丂.

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 号 – see 號 (“name; alias; art name; etc.”). (This character, 号, 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

(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

• 号外
• 号泣
• 号数
• 号令
• 番号
• 暗号

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])
• IPA^(key): [ɡo̞ː]

Noun

号(ごう) • (gō) ^{←がう (gau)?}

1. number
2. art name

Suffix

号(ごう) • (-gō) ^{←がう (gau)?}

1. 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

Korean

Hanja

号 (eumhun 이름 호 (ireum ho))

1. 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]