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号 (hào): Number — Stroke Order & Writing Guide

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1.

Animated Stroke Order 号

Watch the stroke order, then trace it yourself.

How to write 号 — animated stroke order

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2.

Readings & Meanings

号has 2 distinct senses for the same pronunciation

hào
  • number; day of a month
    mw.HSK 1
  • number; date; size
    n./mw.
3.

Stroke Order Diagrams 号

号 stroke order diagram
4.

Character Breakdown

Top-Bottom
号
口kǒu · mouth
丂kǎo
号=
5.

Printable Writing Worksheet: 号

号 handwriting practice worksheet preview
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6.

How to Use 号

Numbers, dates, and labels

Use 号 for numbers, dates, labels, and phone numbers.

号码 • hào mǎ • number • HSK 4
HSK 4
7.

HSK Vocabulary: 号

信号 • xìn hào • signal
HSK 5
xìn信
hào号
8.

Example Sentences

jīn今
tiān天
shì是
shí十
yuè月
bā八
hào

Information

Pinyinhào
Meaningnumber; day of a month
Strokes5
Radical口
Traditional號
StructureTop-Bottom
Frequency#67
Zhuyinㄏㄠˋ
UnicodeU+53F7
CangjieRMVS
HSK 3.0 · L1
口kǒu · mouth
+丂kǎo
hào号
mǎ码

number

手机号 • shǒu jī hào • mobile phone number
shǒu手
jī机
hào号

mobile phone number

几号 • jǐ hào • what date
jǐ几
hào号

what date

signal

挂号 • guà hào • register; send by registered mail
HSK 5
guà挂
hào号

register; send by registered mail

账号 • zhàng hào • account
HSK 3.0 · L5
zhàng账
hào号

account

口号 • kǒu hào • slogan
HSK 3.0 · L6
kǒu口
hào号

slogan

号召 • hào zhào • call; appeal
HSK 6
hào号
zhào召

call; appeal

型号 • xíng hào • model (particular version of a manufactured article)
HSK 3.0 · L6
xíng型
hào号

model (particular version of a manufactured article)

号
。

Today is October 8th.

wǒ我
de的
fáng房
jiān间
shì是
wǔ五
hào号
。

My room is number five.

zhèng政
fǔ府
hào号
zhào召
dà大
jiā家
jié节
yuē约
yòng用
shuǐ水
。

The government calls on everyone to save water.

qǐng请
gào告
su诉
wǒ我
nǐ你
de的
diàn电
huà话
hào号
mǎ码
。

Please tell me your phone number.

zhè这
ge个
kǒu口
hào号
jiǎn简
jié洁
yǒu有
lì力
。

This slogan is concise and powerful.

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HSK Level 1

Characters from the same exam level.

  • 了leparticle indicating completed action, change of state, or sentence-final shift
  • 冷lěngcold
  • 里lǐin
  • 六liùsix
  • 吗ma[makes a yes; no question]
  • 买mǎibuy
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Same Sound

Characters pronounced "hao".

  • 壕háotrench, ditch, channel, moat
  • 镐hàostove; bright
  • 郝haoa Chinese surname
  • 皓hàobright, luminous; clear; hoary
  • 嚎háocry loudly, yell, scream
  • 好hǎogood
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Same Radical

Characters with radical "口".

  • 嗨hāi[sound used in lyrics for balance or euphony]
  • 喃nánkeep talking, chattering; mumble
  • 喔wōdescriptive of crying or of crowing
  • 嗣sìto connect, inherit; descendants, heirs
  • 咯gēfinal particle
  • 嘎gǎsound of laughter; bad, malevolent
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