Onyomi: ゴウ · Kunyomi: さけ.ぶ, よびな · Meanings: call, item, name, nickname, number, pseudonym, title
Kanji for call, item, name, nickname, number
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号 is made from 口, meaning “mouth,” and 丂, which represents a stretching or rising sound. In ancient times, people used their mouths to call out loudly, shout, or announce something to others. That loud calling was often used to give a name, signal, or number. From this idea, 号 came to mean a name, a number, or a call.
号 shows a mouth making a loud call to give a name or number.
Imagine opening your mouth wide and shouting out a name or number. That loud call is 号.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 号 | ごう | number, edition, make, model, issue, part of that group | common JLPT-N1 Noun, Noun, used as a suffix |
| 号車 | ごうしゃ | suffix for train car numbers | common Suffix |
| 号室 | ごうしつ | suffix for room numbers, suffix for apartment numbers | Suffix |
| 号令 | ごうれい | order (esp. to a number of people), command | common Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb, Intransitive verb |
| 号砲 | ごうほう | signal gun, starting gun | Noun |
| 号外 | ごうがい | newspaper extra | Noun |
| 号泣 | ごうきゅう | crying loudly, bawling, wailing, lamentation | Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb |
| 号数 | ごうすう | number or size of periodicals or pictures, type size | Noun |
| 号口 | ごうぐち | regular production, present model | Noun |
| 号哭 | ごうこく | wailing, crying loudly | Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb |