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号 — to call out; to command; bugle

to call out; to command; bugle; trumpet; signal; bugle call

Pinyin
hào · háo
Strokes
5
HSK level
HSK 1
Handwriting
recognition only

This character has more than one reading — hào, háo — and the pronunciation depends on the word it appears in. The list below gives the syllabus reading for each word.

How to write 号: 5 strokes

Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. The syllabus asks you to recognise this character rather than write it by hand.

号 — 5 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

Build a printable practice sheet with 号

Words with 号 in the HSK syllabus: 19

Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.

  1. 号hàoto call out; to command; bugle; trumpetHSK 1
  2. 号码hàomǎnumberHSK 3
  3. 信号xìnhàosignalHSK 4
  4. 挂号guàhàoto register; to send by registered mailHSK 5
  5. 账号zhànghàoaccount number; account; usernameHSK 5
  6. 称号chēnghàoname; term of address; titleHSK 6
  7. 符号fúhàosymbol; mark; signHSK 6
  8. 号召hàozhàoto call; to appealHSK 6
  9. 口号kǒuhàoslogan; catchphraseHSK 6
  10. 型号xínghàomodel; typeHSK 6
  11. 编号biānhàoto number; to assign numbers; serial numberHSK 7–9
  12. 绰号chuòhàonicknameHSK 7–9
  13. 代号dàihàocode nameHSK 7–9
  14. 号称hàochēngto be known as; to be nicknamed; to be purportedlyHSK 7–9
  15. 记号jìhaomark; symbol; notation; sealHSK 7–9
  16. 括号kuòhàoparentheses; bracketsHSK 7–9
  17. 老字号lǎozìhaoshop, firm, or brand of merchandise with a long-established reputationHSK 7–9
  18. 头号tóuhàofirst rate; top rank; number oneHSK 7–9
  19. 外号wàihàonicknameHSK 7–9

Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.