号 | 號: sign; number | cry

號 [号] hào

verb | measure word
: 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

號 [号] háo

: roar; cry; to cry out

Kun Reading

号する | ごうする kousuru

suru verb – special class
: to name; to take a second name or alias
: to announce; to boast; to declare

Usage:

號召 hao4zhao4: to call; to appeal

號碼 [号码] hao4ma3: number

身份證號碼 [身份证号码] shen1 fen4 zheng4 hao4 ma3: I.D. number

號稱 [号称] hao4cheng1: to have a reputation as; known as; de facto; to claim to be (often exaggeratedly or falsely)

號子 hao4zi: work chant; prison cell; type; sort; mark; sign; signal; (Tw) brokerage firm

號令 hao4ling4: an order (esp. army); bugle call expressing military order; verbal command
[号令 | ごうれい gourei: order; command]

口號 kou3hao4: slogan; catchphrase

[口号む | くちずさむ kuchizusamu: to hum; to sing to oneself; to compose impromptu (poems)]

掛號 gua4hao4: to register (at a hospital etc); to send by registered mail

信號 xin4hao4: signal [信号 | しんごう shingou: traffic lights; signal; semaphore]

稱號 [称号] cheng1hao4: name; term of address; title

符號 fu2hao4: symbol; mark; sign
[符号 | ふごう fugou: sign; mark; symbol; code]

番號[号] fan1hao4: number of military unit
[番号 | ばんごう bangou: number; series of digits]

ＩＤ番号 | アイディーばんごう aidii bangou: ID number

號 [号] hao2: to cry out; roar; cry

號哭 hao2ku1: to bawl; to wail; to cry

號啕 hao2tao2: to cry; to wail loudly

號喪 [号丧] hao2sang: to weep; to howl as if at a funeral

乾號 [干号] gan1hao2: to cry out loud without tears

呼號 hu1hao2: to wail; to cry out in distress [呼号 | こごう kogou: crying out; proclaiming]

哀號 ai1hao2: to cry piteously; anguished wailing [哀号 | あいごう aigou: moan; wailing]

起床號 qi3chuang2 hao2: reveille

Japanese common word | expression | yojijukugo 四字熟語 | idiom
三号雑誌 | さんごうざっし sangou zasshi
: (yoji) short-lived magazine

六号記事 | ろくごうきじ rokugou kiji
: (yoji) (space) filler; fill-in (in magazines, newspapers, etc.)

六百六号 | ろっぴゃくろくごう roppyaku rokugou
: (yoji) # 606; salvarsan (first effective treatment for syphilis, and was also used to treat trypanosomiasis)

赤信号皆で渡れば怖くない | あかしんごうみんなでわたればこわくない
aka shingou minna de watareba kowakunai
: if everyone crosses against the red light, then there’s nothing to be afraid of; there’s no reason to feel guilty about doing something bad if everyone does it

Chinese common word | expression | chengyu 成語 | idiom
對號入座 [对号入座] dui4 hao4 ru4 zuo4
: lit. to take one’s appointed place (according to the seat number); fig. to put sb in his place; to accept one’s social role; to admit criticism

啼饑號寒 [啼饥号寒] ti2 ji1 hao2 han2
: hunger cries and cold roars; wretched poverty

狼號鬼哭 [狼号鬼哭] lang2 hao2 gui3 ku1
: lit. wolves howling, devils groaning; pathetic screams

發號施令 [发号施令] fa1 hao4 shi1 ling4
: to boss people around

號令如山 [号令如山] hao4 ling4 ru2 shan1
: lit. order like a mountain; a military order is inviolable; strict discipline