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号

Number
Stroke count: 5

Readings

On readingゴウ
JLPT level: N3JōyōGrade 3Level 4

Meanings

  1. number
    彼は忘れるといけないので私の電話番号を書き留めた。He wrote down my phone number in case he should forget it.tatoeba
    彼は彼女の古い電話番号を線を引いて抹消した。He crossed off her old telephone number.tatoeba
  2. call
  3. item
  4. name
  5. nicknameRtK
  6. pseudonym
  7. title
    彼は不名誉な称号を得た。He got a shameful title.tatoeba
  1. edition
  2. make
  3. model
  4. issue

Homonyms

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Same reading (ごう)
合 · traditional unit of volume, approx. 180 ml壕 · moat豪 · Australia

Popular Usage

番号信号記号

Radicals and components

Radical口mouth囗variant
Components
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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mouth (口) · snare

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1330

Compound words

番号ばんごう
number; series of digits
信号しんごう
signal; signalling; signaling; traffic light; traffic signal
記号きごう
sign; symbol; mark
屋号やごう
name of store; trade name (esp. of a sole proprietorship); stage name (e.g. of actor)
青信号あおしんごう
a green light
暗号あんごう
code; password; cipher
元号げんごう
name of an imperial era (e.g. Heisei, Shōwa); Japanese era name
号外ごうがい
newspaper extra
号泣ごうきゅう
crying loudly; bawling; wailing; lamentation; crying one's eyes out (without making noise)
号車ごうしゃ
suffix for train car numbers
号令ごうれい
order (esp. to a number of people); command; ritual of bowing at start and end of school class
称号しょうごう
title; name; degree
怒号どごう
angry roar; bellow
二号にごう
number two; mistress; concubine
年号ねんごう
name of an imperial era (e.g. Heisei, Shōwa); Japanese era name
符号ふごう
sign; mark; symbol; code; sign (e.g. positive, negative)
信号機しんごうき
traffic light; traffic signal; signal (mechanism); semaphore (apparatus)
背番号せばんごう
number on the back of a player's uniform; uniform number; shirt number; squad number
赤信号あかしんごう
red light (traffic); red light; signal to stop; sign of danger
電話番号でんわばんごう
telephone number; phone number
登録番号とうろくばんごう
registration number
口座番号こうざばんごう
account number (bank, etc.)
哀号あいごう
moan
院号いんごう
former emperor (or his empress, imperial princesses, etc.)

Stroke Order

5 strokes

Number, signal. 口 (mouth) + a bent line — a loud call announcing a number.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 号

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