Meaning
roar; cry; day of a month; (suffix used after) name of a ship; (ordinal) number
Chinese: 号码、称号；读 háo 时表示号叫。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “hao” becomes a different word in each tone. 号 is the 2nd tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.
Common Words
- 信号xìn hàosignal
- 号码hào mǎnumber
- 符号fú hàosymbol; mark; sign
- 型号xíng hàomodel (particular version of a manufactured article); type (product specification in terms of color, size etc)
- 括号kuò hàoparentheses; brackets
Example Sentence
今天是五月一号。Jīn tiān shì wǔ yuè yī hào.Today is May first.
今天Jīn tiāntoday是shìis五月wǔ yuèMay一号yī hàofirst day of the month。
Go deeper
Where this character comes from
Simplified from 號. Read hào: ‘a name, title; a mark, number; a date (of the month); a size; a horn (instrument); to give an order’ (号码, 五号, 口号); read háo: ‘to howl, wail, cry loudly’ (号叫, 哀号).
A way to remember it
hào = a number / name (号码, 五号); háo = to howl (号叫).