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Kanji 号: meaning "number, name", readings, stroke order

The kanji 号 means "number, name". On'yomi: ゴウ; kun'yomi: —. JLPT N4 kanji, with example words.

Readings

Meaning
number, name
On'yomi
ゴウ
Kun'yomi
—
Strokes
5
Level
JLPT N4
Official status
Jōyō (common-use kanji)
Old form
號 旧字体: the form used before 1946, still seen in names and older texts.

Words with 号

  • 番号 ばんごう — number, series of digits
  • 信号 しんごう — Traffic light
  • ～号 ～ごう — counter for magazine; the name of ship
  • 記号 きごう — symbol, code
  • 符号 ふごう — sign, mark, symbol
  • 年号 ねんごう — name of an era, year number

Stroke order · 5 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5

Strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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