호

호 U+D638, 호 HANGUL SYLLABLE HO Composition: ㅎ + ㅗ ← 혷 [U+D637] Hangul Syllables 혹 → [U+D639]

호혹혺혻혼혽혾 혿홀홁홂홃홄홅 홆홇홈홉홊홋홌 홍홎홏홐홑홒홓
혜 ←	→ 화

Korean

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 號.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ɸʷo̞(ː)]
• Phonetic hangul: [호(ː)]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	ho
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	ho
McCune–Reischauer?	ho
Yale Romanization?	hō

Dependent noun

호 • (ho) (hanja 號)

1. number, issue, edition (of a model, publication, version, etc.)

   제 3호 ― je samho ― The third issue

   4월 호 ― sawol ho ― The April issue

2. apartment/unit number

   몇 호에서 살아요? ― Myeot hoeseo sarayo? ― Which apartment do you live in?

Noun

호 • (ho) (hanja 號)

1. art name

   호는 도산(島山). ― Honeun Dosan. ― [His (Ahn Changho)] art name was Dosan.

Suffix

—호 • (-ho) (hanja 號)

1. A suffix attached to the names of trains, planes, etc.

   무궁화호 (無窮花號) ― mugunghwaho (無窮花 號 ) ― The Mugunghwa-ho class [train]

Derived terms

• See the hanja entry at 號 for Sino-Korean compounds of 호 (號, ho).

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 弧.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ɸʷo̞]
• Phonetic hangul: [호]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	ho
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	ho
McCune–Reischauer?	ho
Yale Romanization?	ho

Noun

호 • (ho) (hanja 弧)

1. (geometry) arc

   Synonym: 원호(圓弧) (wonho)

Derived terms

• See the hanja entry at 弧 for Sino-Korean compounds of 호 (弧, ho).

Etymology 3

Sino-Korean word from 戶.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ɸʷo̞(ː)]
• Phonetic hangul: [호(ː)]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	ho
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	ho
McCune–Reischauer?	ho
Yale Romanization?	hō

Noun

호 • (ho) (hanja 戶)

1. household

Counter

호 • (ho) (hanja 戶)

1. Counter for houses

Derived terms

• See the hanja entry at 戶 for Sino-Korean compounds of 호 (戶, ho).

Etymology 4

Sino-Korean word from 湖.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ɸʷo̞]
• Phonetic hangul: [호]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	ho
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	ho
McCune–Reischauer?	ho
Yale Romanization?	ho

Noun

호 • (ho) (hanja 湖)

1. Short for 호수(湖水) (hosu, “lake”). (used suffixally attaching to names of lakes)

   바이칼호 (바이칼湖) ― Baikalho ― Lake Baikal

Derived terms

• See the hanja entry at 湖 for Sino-Korean compounds of 호 (湖, ho).

Etymology 5

Sino-Korean word from 濠.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ɸʷo̞]
• Phonetic hangul: [호]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	ho
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	ho
McCune–Reischauer?	ho
Yale Romanization?	ho

Noun

호 • (ho) (hanja 濠)

1. a moat (filled with water)

   Synonym: 해자(垓子) (haeja)

Derived terms

• See the hanja entry at 濠 for Sino-Korean compounds of 호 (濠, ho).

Etymology 6

Sino-Korean word from 壕.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ɸʷo̞]
• Phonetic hangul: [호]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	ho
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	ho
McCune–Reischauer?	ho
Yale Romanization?	ho

Noun

호 • (ho) (hanja 壕)

1. a trench (around a castle)

Derived terms

• See the hanja entry at 壕 for Sino-Korean compounds of 호 (壕, ho).

Etymology 7

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable

호 (ho)

Extended content

戶: house; hole (eumhun reading: 지게문 호 (jigemun ho)) (MC reading: 戶 (MC huX)) 乎: (MC reading: 乎 (MC hu)) 呼: to call, to shout; to exhale (eumhun reading: 부를 호 (bureul ho)) (MC reading: 呼 (MC xu)) 好: (MC reading: 好 (MC xawX|xawH)) 虎: tiger (eumhun reading: 범 호 (beom ho)) (MC reading: 虎 (MC xuX)) 號: name, alias; order, command; number; mark (eumhun reading: 이름 호 (ireum ho)) (MC reading: 號 (MC haw|hawH)) 湖: lake (eumhun reading: 호수 호 (hosu ho)) (MC reading: 湖 (MC hu)) 互: (MC reading: 互 (MC huH)) 胡: (MC reading: 胡 (MC hu)) 浩: (MC reading: 浩 (MC hawX)) 毫: (MC reading: 毫 (MC haw)) 豪: (MC reading: 豪 (MC haw)) 護: (MC reading: 護 (MC huH)) 昊: (MC reading: 昊 (MC hawX)) 濠: (MC reading: 濠 (MC haw)) 琥: (MC reading: 琥 (MC xuX)) 瑚: coral (eumhun reading: 산호 호 (sanho ho)) (MC reading: 瑚 (MC hu)) 扈: (MC reading: 扈 (MC huX)) 鎬: (MC reading: 鎬 (MC hawX)) 壕: (MC reading: 壕 (MC haw)) 壺: (MC reading: 壺 (MC hu)) 弧: (MC reading: 弧 (MC hu)) 狐: fox (eumhun reading: 여우 호 (yeou ho)) (MC reading: 狐 (MC hu)) 瓠: (MC reading: 瓠 (MC hu|huH)) 糊: (MC reading: 糊 (MC hu)) 葫: (MC reading: 葫 (MC hu|xu))