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CHINESE CHARACTER

hào

号

号

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measure word (general)

Numbered pinyin
hao4
English meanings
m.[general]

Stroke practice

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BUILDING BLOCKS

Structure & components

Top–bottom structure

Top–bottom arrangement: top 口; bottom 丂.

Meaning & sound clues

口 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “mouth”.

丂 is identified as the sound component (kǎo). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 号.

This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.

Decomposition reference

⿱口丂

Source: Make Me a Hanzi (LGPL-3.0-or-later)
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Homophones

Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.

Example sentences

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  1. 01

    jīntiān今天shì是wǔ五yuè月bā八hào号。

    Today is May 8th.

  2. 02

    wǒ我de的fángjiān房间shì是shí十èr二hào号。

    My room is number twelve.

  3. 03

    jǐ几hào号kāixué开学?

    What date does school start?

  4. 04

    qǐng请dào到sān三hào号chuāngkǒu窗口bànlǐ办理。

    Please go to window three.

  5. 05

    zhè这běn本shū书biānhào编号shì是wǔ五hào号。

    This book is number five.

  6. 06

    xiàgèyuè下个月wǔ五hào号jiàn见。

    See you on the fifth of next month.

Explore words connected to this character.

  • 代号
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  • 头号
  • 括号
  • 挂号
  • 称号
  • 符号
  • 绰号
  • 编号
  • 老字号
  • 记号
  • 账号
  • 车号