hàoháo

call, mark

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
虎 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

tiger

Alludes to the meaning "roar".

号 sound,meaning component

  Sound Meaning component

hàoháo

  

call, mark

Evolution

號 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
號 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
號 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
號 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

() 

hào

mark, sign; symbol; number; ordinal number; day of a month; mark; sign; business establishment; size; ship suffix; horn (wind instrument); bugle call; assumed name; to take a pulse; classifier used to indicate number of people

() 

háo

roar; cry; CL:|[gè]

Most common words with 號
Freq.
Word
Meaning

mark

号码

number

信号

signal

称号

name

口号

slogan

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)