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号
號
hào
1. ordinal number
2. day of a month
3. mark
4. sign
5. business establishment
6. size
7. ship suffix
8. horn (wind instrument)
9. bugle call
10. assumed name
11. to take a pulse
12. classifier used to indicate number of people
HSK 1 Very Common • Top 1%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

号
hào
mark, sign; symbol; number; to call, to cry, to roar
HSK 1 5 丶

Compound Words (20)

摇号
yáohào
lottery
叹号
tànhào
exclamation mark (punct.)
庙号
miàohào
temple name of a deceased Chinese emperor
挂号
guàhào
to register (at a hospital etc)
HSK 5
撇号
piěhào
apostrophe ' (punct.)
标号
biāohào
grade
年号
niánhào
era name (subdivision in the reign of an emperor)
座号
zuòhào
seat number
批号
pīhào
lot number
括号
kuòhào
parentheses
对号
duìhào
checkmark
帐号
zhànghào
account number
星号
xīnghào
asterisk * (punct.)
根号
gēnhào
radical sign √ (math.)
外号
wàihào
nickname
封号
fēnghào
title granted to a person (archaic)
五号
wǔhào
the fifth
序号
xùhào
ordinal number
字号
zìhào
characters and numbers (as used in a code)
徽号
huīhào
title of honor

Example Sentences (4)

李老师，我下个月5号就要结婚了。
Lǐ lǎoshī, wǒ xià gè yuè wǔ hào jiù yào jié hūn le.
Teacher Li, I'm getting married on the 5th of next month.
Text 2
昨天是几月几号？
Zuó tiān shì jǐ yuè jǐ hào?
What date was yesterday?
Text 2
请问，今天几号？
qǐngwèn, jīntiān jǐ hào?
Excuse me, what date is it today?
Text 1
到6月9号，我们就结婚二十年了。这么多年，我们的生活一直挺幸福的。
Dào liù yuè jiǔ hào, wǒmen jiù jiéhūn èrshí nián le. Zhème duō nián, wǒmen de shēnghuó yìzhí tǐng xìngfú de.
By June 9th, we'll have been married for twenty years. All these years, our life has always been quite happy.
Text 3

Alternate Entries

号
háo
roar / cry / CL:[[個|个<gè>]]
HSK 1

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
1
Character Frequency Rank
486
Word Frequency Rank
491 of 84,292