号
號hào
HSK 2
#487 most
frequent character
day of a month
noun
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
号 shows a mouth 口 with a line spilling out, as if crying out. That gave the first sense 'to wail, cry out.' The line is now written 丂, which also gives the sound. The meaning grew to 'to call', 'name', 'mark', 'number', 'horn', and 'to command.'
Drawn as: mouth with line
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Example Sentences
今天是十号。
jīntiānshì shí hào 。
Today is the tenth.
我家有一艘船，名字叫做‘海洋号’。
wǒjiā yǒu yīsōuchuán ， míngzì jiàozuò ‘ hǎiyáng hào ’。
My family has a ship named 'Ocean'.
他的电话号码是五五五一二三四号。
tāde diànhuà hàomǎ shì wǔwǔ wǔyī èrsānsì hào 。
His phone number is 555-1234.
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