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.
今天是几号？
jīn tiān shì jǐ hào？
What is today's date?
他穿的衣服太大了，应该换个小一号的。
tā chuān de yī fu tài dà le，yīng gāi huàn gè xiǎo yī hào de。
The clothes he is wearing are too big; he should switch to one size smaller.
Words with 号
标点符号
biāo diǎn fú hào
punctuation
记号
jì hao
mark
号召力
hào zhào lì
to have the power to rally supporters
行号
háng hào
(computing) (text file) line number; (data table or spreadsheet) row number
拨号
bō hào
to dial a telephone number
挂号信
guà hào xìn
registered letter
国号
guó hào
official name of a nation (includes dynastic names of China: 漢|汉[Han4], 唐[Tang2] etc)
泰坦尼克号
tài tǎn ní kè hào
RMS Titanic, British passenger liner that sank in 1912
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