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hào

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hào Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
hào | hao4
English translation
mark, sign; symbol; number; to call, to cry, to roar

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About hào

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Number of strokes

13

Traditional form

hào

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

The roar  kǒu  of the tiger  kǎo provides the pronunciation

Etymology of hào

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

号虎

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. kǒu represents the meaning and kǎo represents the sound. Simplified form of hào .

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Words with hào

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
háo mark hào
号码 hàomǎ number號碼
信号 xìnhào signal信號
称号 chēnghào name稱號
口号 kǒu hào slogan口號
符号 fúhào symbol符號
型号 xíng hào model (particular version of a manufactured article)型號
号召 hàozhào to call號召
头号 tóu hào first rate頭號
编号 biān hào to number編號
账号 zhàng hào account賬號
代号 dài hào code name代號
号称 hào chēng to be known as號稱
绰号 chuò hào nickname綽號
记号 jì hao mark記號
外号 wài hào nickname外號
暗号 àn hào countersign暗號
大号 dà hào tuba大號
拨号 bō hào to dial a telephone number撥號
讯号 xùn hào signal訊號
句号 jù hào full stop句號
小号 xiǎo hào trumpet小號
发号施令 fā hào shī lìng to boss people around (idiom)發號施令
老字号 lǎo zì hào shop, firm, or brand of merchandise with a long-established reputation老字號
号角 hào jiǎo bugle horn號角

hào Decomposition & Compounds

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