号

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See also: 號 and 묵
号 U+53F7, 号
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53F7
← 叶
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 司 →

Translingual

Stroke order
5 strokes
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

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:

References

Japanese

Shinjitai

号

Kyūjitai

號
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Kanji

号

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 號)

Readings

Compounds

Compounds

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

号 (eumhun 이름 호 (ireum ho))

  1. Alternative form of 號 (“Hanja form? of 호 (“name; number”).”)

References

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