号 – nickname, number, item

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The kanji 号 means nickname, number, item, title, pseudonym, name, call. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ゴウ (gou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is さけ.ぶ、よびな (sakebu, yobina). It is written with 5 strokes, under radical 口 (no. 30).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ゴウ	gou
Kun’yomi	さけ.ぶ	sakebu
Kun’yomi	よびな	yobina

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 口 (Kangxi radical 30). Components: 一・口・勹.

Words using 号

番号ばんごうnumber信号しんごうsignal号ごうnumber記号きごうsign符号ふごうsign年号ねんごうname of an imperial era (e.g. Heisei, Shōwa)

Example sentences

ええ、じゃあ私の電話番号教えるね。

OK. Let me give you my number.

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信号が青に変わったわよ。

The traffic light turned green.

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あなたの定期購読予約は六月号で切れます。

Your subscription expires with the June issue.

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Kanji with the same radical

同合員問和名向告品各台口営可商味

Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.