號

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Han character 1.2.1 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Kanji 3.1.1 Readings 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 5 Mandarin 5.1 Hanzi 5.2 Noun 6 Vietnamese 6.1 Han character

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Etymology

号 is the Simplified Character, but just as old as 號. Not a later corruption.

[edit] Han character

號 (radical 141 虍+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 口尸卜心弓 (RSYPN), 口尸卜心山 (RSYPU), four-corner 6121₁, composition ⿰号虎)

1. mark, sign
2. symbol
3. number

[edit] References

• KangXi: page 1074, character 29
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32726
• Dae Jaweon: page 1543, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2824, character 4
• Unihan data for U+865F

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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

號 (simplified 号, Yale hou6)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Kanji

號

[edit] Readings

• On: ごう (gō), こう (kō)
• Kun: さけぶ (sakebu), よびな (yobina)

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

號 (hangeul 호, revised ho, McCune-Reischauer ho, Yale ho)

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Hanzi

號 (simplified 号, pinyin hào (hao4), Wade-Giles hao⁴)

[edit] Noun

號 (traditional, Pinyin hào, simplified 号)

1. (literary) brass wind instrument

   小號 (trumpet)

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[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

號 (hào, hiệu)