Chinese Character 号 Meanings and components.

Form

号

Meaning

号 meaning[3] in English

Roar.

Cry.

Cl:個|个[Ge4].

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 号 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are mouth (口) , and 'breath' or 'sigh' … (丂)

Its radical[1] is: 口 (kou3) which means: Mouth, Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc), Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls, .口kou3mouth

In cangjie it is written with RMVS

How to write 号

To write号hao4roar you should write a combination of 口kou3mouth , 丂kao3'breath' or … arranged in a 吕 shape:

口 + 丂 = 号

号 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 号 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 号, looks as follow:

号
Pinyin:hao4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Roar . Cry . Cl:個|个[Ge4]
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
丂
Pinyin:kao3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: 'Breath' Or 'Sigh' Component In Chinese Characters

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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