| 號 | 620A40 40S.70-2 | 部居  | 畫數 13 | ㄏㄠˋ [hao4] (*ㄏㄠˊ [hao2] ). [Var.  ] | ||
| N. | (1) A name, esp. poetic name for person: 國號 dynastic title; 別號 person's extra name (oft. poetic and chosen by person himself); 道號 Taoist monastic name; 法號 Buddhist monastic name (in last two cases, clan or surname is dropped). (2) A mark, an arithmetic figure: 符號 a punctuation mark; 記號 a mark; 句號 full stop, period; 分號 semicolon; 冒號 colon; 引號 quotation marks; 感歎號 exclamation mark; 問號 question mark; 連號（連字號） hyphen; 破折號 dash. (3) 號 or 號碼 number in series: 第幾號 what number (of house, post box); 門牌號碼 house number; serial number referring to persons: 病號 patient's number in hospital. (4) Name of shop or firm: 商號，店號 ditto; 寶號 (court.) your shop or firm. (5) An order, esp. military: 號令 [hao4ling4]↓; 信號 prearranged signal; 暗號 secret password; 口號 password, also slogan. | |||||
| V.t. | (1) To entitle, to claim: 號稱三萬兵, claim or allege to be 30,000 strong; 號為酒中八仙 were called the “Eight Immortals of Wine.” (2) (*[hao2]) To cry aloud: 號喪，號咷 [hao4sang1], [hao4tao2]↓. | |||||
| Words | 1. 號兵 [hao4bing1], n., (mil.) bugler. 2. 號單 [hao4dan1], n., ticket with serial number. 3. 號燈 [hao4deng1], n., (mil.) flash signal. 4. 號房 [hao4fang2], n., (1) formerly, the reception clerk in office or house, similar to concierge; (2) serially numbered room (as in civil examinations); reception or registration room in house or office. 5. 號召 [hao4zhao4], v.t., to call for supporters, to attract (followers) through prestige or political platform. 6. 號角 [hao4jiao3], n., a bugle, a horn. 7. 號哭 *[hao2ku1], v.i., to cry aloud, wail. 8. 號令 [hao4ling4], n. & v.i. & t., (1) an order, to issue an order; (2) ([hao4ling0]) formerly, a public execution. 9. 號碼 [hao4ma3], n., mark; serial number; 號碼機 a numbering machine. 10. 號脈 [hao4mo4], v.i., (Northern dial. of physicians) to examine patients by feeling pulse. 11. 號  [hao4pao4], n., gun signal.12. 號喪 *[hao2sang1], v.i., to cry at funeral; (derog.) to yell (as if at funeral). 13. 號數（兒） [hao4shu4]([er0]), n., serial number; number (of persons, things). 14. 號咷 *[hao2tao2], v.i., to scream, yell. 15. 號頭（兒） [hao4tou2]([er0]), n., (1) a mark or number; (2) a foreman. 16. 號筒 [hao4tong2], n., a bugle. 17. 號外 [hao4wai4], n., extra edition of papers. 18. 號衣 [hao4yi1], n., formerly, uniform. | |||||