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(hào) - number, day of the month in Mandarin

hào

Traditional: 號

Line drawing of 号
Coloured illustration of 号
HSK 3
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Translation

number, day of the month

Word origin

号 (hào) means 'number' or 'mark'. The simplified form reduces the traditional 號, which combined 号 with 虎 (tiger); the modern character keeps only the 号 element of a cry or call.

Origin
compound
Root
号 (simplified from 號: 号 + 虎 tiger)

Stroke order

Stroke order for 号

Examples

What date is it today?

I live in building number three.

What is your phone number?

What is your telephone number?

What is the date today?

号 (hào) - number, day of the month.

Appears in 2 words

Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 号.

Used in

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This word is part of lesson 7.