호

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호 U+D638, 호
HANGUL SYLLABLE HO
Composition:ㅎ + ㅗ
← 혷
 		Hangul Syllables 혹 →
호혹혺혻혼혽혾
혿홀홁홂홃홄홅
홆홇홈홉홊홋홌
홍홎홏홐홑홒홓
혜 ←→ 화

Korean

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 號.

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key):
  • Phonetic hangul:
    • 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. ― 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) ― The Mugunghwa-ho class

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 弧.

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 3

Sino-Korean word from 戶.

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key):
  • Phonetic hangul:
    • 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

Etymology 4

Sino-Korean word from 湖.

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 5

Sino-Korean word from 濠.

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 6

Sino-Korean word from 壕.

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 7

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable

호 • (ho)

More information
  1. 戶: house; hole
    (eumhun reading: 지게문 호 (jigemun ho))
    (MC reading: 戶 (MC huX))
  2. 乎:
    (MC reading: 乎 (MC hu))
  3. 呼: to call, to shout; to exhale
    (eumhun reading: 부를 호 (bureul ho))
    (MC reading: 呼 (MC xu))
  4. 好:
    (MC reading: 好 (MC xawX|xawH))
  5. 虎: tiger
    (eumhun reading: 범 호 (beom ho))
    (MC reading: 虎 (MC xuX))
  6. 號: name, alias; order, command; number; mark
    (eumhun reading: 이름 호 (ireum ho))
    (MC reading: 號 (MC haw|hawH))
  7. 湖: lake
    (eumhun reading: 호수 호 (hosu ho))
    (MC reading: 湖 (MC hu))
  8. 互:
    (MC reading: 互 (MC huH))
  9. 胡:
    (MC reading: 胡 (MC hu))
  10. 浩:
    (MC reading: 浩 (MC hawX))
  11. 毫:
    (MC reading: 毫 (MC haw))
  12. 豪:
    (MC reading: 豪 (MC haw))
  13. 護:
    (MC reading: 護 (MC huH))
  14. 昊:
    (MC reading: 昊 (MC hawX))
  15. 濠:
    (MC reading: 濠 (MC haw))
  16. 琥:
    (MC reading: 琥 (MC xuX))
  17. 瑚: coral
    (eumhun reading: 산호 호 (sanho ho))
    (MC reading: 瑚 (MC hu))
  18. 扈:
    (MC reading: 扈 (MC huX))
  19. 鎬:
    (MC reading: 鎬 (MC hawX))
  20. 壕:
    (MC reading: 壕 (MC haw))
  21. 壺:
    (MC reading: 壺 (MC hu))
  22. 弧:
    (MC reading: 弧 (MC hu))
  23. 狐: fox
    (eumhun reading: 여우 호 (yeou ho))
    (MC reading: 狐 (MC hu))
  24. 瓠:
    (MC reading: 瓠 (MC hu|huH))
  25. 糊:
    (MC reading: 糊 (MC hu))
  26. 葫:
    (MC reading: 葫 (MC hu|xu))
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