号
hào
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
mouth (口) + sound marker (丂) = name, number, or signal
The mouth (口) anchors the sense of calling out a name, signal, or designation — a horn call announces a number or title. 丂 mainly contributes the sound hào rather than a distinct meaning.
Words with 号
逗号
dòu hào
comma (punct.)
连字符号
lián zì fú hào
hyphen
连字号
lián zì hào
hyphen (punct.)
连接号
lián jiē hào
hyphen
连号
lián hào
consecutive serial numbers
进步号
jìn bù hào
Progress (name of Russian spaceship)
辽宁号
liáo níng hào
Liaoning, the first aircraft carrier commissioned into the PLA Navy (commissioned in 2012)
还原号
huán yuán hào
(music notation) natural sign, ♮
邮递区号
yóu dì qū hào
(Tw) postal code; ZIP code
销号
xiāo hào
to close an account; to cancel a (phone) number
铁达尼号
tiě dá ní hào
RMS Titanic, British passenger liner that sank in 1912 (Tw)
长号
cháng hào
trombone