JLPT N3 · 5 strokes
Kanji 号: "nickname, number, item"
The kanji 号 means "nickname, number, item, title, pseudonym, name". It is written with 5 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N3, read ゴウ in on'yomi and さけ.ぶ, よびな in kun'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ゴウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
さけ.ぶよびな
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | nickname, number, item, title, pseudonym, name |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 5 |
| JLPT level | N3 |
| Taught in Japan | grade 3 |
| Frequency rank | 585 of 2,501 |
Common words with 号
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 号number; edition; make; model · sobriquet; pen-name
- 番号number; series of digits
- 信号signal; signalling; signaling · traffic light; traffic signal
- 称号title; name; degree
- 怒号angry roar; bellow
- 号令order (esp. to a number of people); command · ritual of bowing at start and end of school class
- 暗号code; password; cipher
- 電話番号telephone number; phone number
- 記号sign; symbol; mark
- 号室suffix for room numbers; suffix for apartment numbers
- 号泣crying loudly; bawling; wailing; lamentation · crying one's eyes out (without making noise); breaking into a flood of tears; crying buckets; weeping
- 一号number one; item 1
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