DICTIONARY
The Cantonese word hou - 号 - hou6
(date in Cantonese)
Romanization (Jyutping)
hou6
English translations
date, number, size,
to wail, to howl, number
Chinese character (simplified) and stroke order animation"How do I write 号 ( hou6 ) correctly?"
The strokes that all Chinese characters are composed of are to be written in a certain order which has originally been defined by Chinese calligraphy. Writing all characters according to the same rules ensures that their intended shape and style are generally preserved even if written by different writers.
This Cantonese dictionary shows you the correct stroke order as an animation for all individual characters so you can learn and understand how to write the character correctly. :
The strokes that all Chinese characters are composed of are to be written in a certain order which has originally been defined by Chinese calligraphy. Writing all characters according to the same rules ensures that their intended shape and style are generally preserved even if written by different writers.
This Cantonese dictionary shows you the correct stroke order as an animation for all individual characters so you can learn and understand how to write the character correctly. :
号
号 ( hou / hou6 ) in traditional characters
號
Character complexity
号 is composed of 5 strokes and therefore is of very low complexity compared to the other simplified Chinese characters (average: 13.1 strokes).
Tags and additional information
(Meaning of individual characters, character components etc.)
number | May 3rd
号 ( hou / hou6 ) belongs to the 1000 most common Chinese characters (rank 530)
号 ( hou / hou6 ) belongs to the 1000 most common Chinese characters (rank 530)
Example words containing the character 号 ( hou / hou6 )
am3 hou6 ( 暗号 ), dau6 hou6 ( 逗号 ), din6 waa6 hou6 maa5 ( 电话号码 ), fan1 hou6 ( 分号 ), fong4 gaan1 hou6 ( 房间号 ), gam2 taan3 hou6 ( 感叹号 ), geoi3 hou6 ( 句号 ), gwaa3 hou6 ( 挂号 ), gwaa3 hou6 zing3 ( 挂号证 ), hou6 maa5 ( 号码 ), hou6 ziu6 ( 号召 ), jan5 hou6 ( 引号 ), man6 hou6 ( 问号 ), mou4 seon3 hou6 ( 无信号 ), mou6 hou6 ( 冒号 ), po3 zit3 hou6 ( 破折号 ), seon3 hou6 ( 信号 ), zoeng3 hou6 ( 帐号 )
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