號

See also: 号

Translingual

Shinjitai	号
Simplified	号
Traditional	號

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɦlaːw, *ɦlaːws): phonetic 号 ‎(OC *ɦlaːws) + semantic 虎

Han character

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

1. mark, sign
2. symbol
3. number

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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Chinese

trad.		號
simp.		号

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hào (hao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hou⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ho
• Min Dong (BUC): hô̤
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): hō / lō

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ho⁷

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: hào
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˋ
    • Wade-Giles: hao⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haw
    • IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hou⁶
    • Yale: houh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hou⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /hou̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ho
    • Hakka Romanization System: ho
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ho⁴
    • IPA: /ho⁵⁵/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: hô̤
    • IPA ^(key): /hɔ²⁴²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hō / lō
    • Tâi-lô: hō / lō
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoi, loi
    • IPA (Taipei): /ho³³/, /lo³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɤ²²/, /lɤ²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ho⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hō
    • IPA ^(key): /ho¹¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /ɦɑu^H/▼

Rime
Character	號
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	胡倒切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦɑuH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦɑuH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣɑuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦawH/
Li Rong	/ɣɑuH/
Wang Li	/ɣɑuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣɑuH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hào

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter-Sagart): /*Cə.[ɡ]ˤaw-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɦlaːws/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	號
Reading #	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	háo
Middle Chinese	‹ hawH ›
Old Chinese	/*Cə.[ɡ]ˤaw-s/
English	command, call (n.)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	號
Reading #	2/2
No.	4918
Phonetic component	号
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*ɦlaːws/

Definitions

號

1. number

   第五號 / 第五号  ―  dìwǔ hào  ―  No. 5 (in a sequence); V

2. (regional) day of the month

   7月1號 / 7月1号 [Cantonese]  ―  7 jyut⁶ 1 hou⁴ [Jyutping]  ―  July 1

3. brass wind instrument

Synonyms

• (day of the month): 日 (rì)

Compounds

• 小號／小号 (xiǎohào, “trumpet”)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): háo (hao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hou⁴
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): hô

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hao¹ / ho⁷

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: háo
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˊ
    • Wade-Giles: hao²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haur
    • IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hou⁴
    • Yale: hòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hou⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /hou̯²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hô
    • Tâi-lô: hô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hooi
    • IPA (Taipei): /ho²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɤ¹³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hao¹ / ho⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hau / hō
    • IPA ^(key): /hau³³/, /ho¹¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /ɦɑu/▼

Rime
Character	號
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	胡刀切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦɑu/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦɑu/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣɑu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦaw/
Li Rong	/ɣɑu/
Wang Li	/ɣɑu/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣɑu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	háo

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter-Sagart): /*[C.ɡ]ˤaw/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɦlaːw/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	號
Reading #	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	háo
Middle Chinese	‹ haw ›
Old Chinese	/*[C.ɡ]ˤaw/
English	call out
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	號
Reading #	1/2
No.	4916
Phonetic component	号
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	豪
Old Chinese	/*ɦlaːw/

Definitions

號

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References

• “Entry #10008”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

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Japanese

Kanji

號

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 号)

Readings

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

Suffix

號 ‎(kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai kanji 号, hiragana ごう, romaji -gō)

1. ordinal marker

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Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

號 (hào, hiệu)

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