Kanji N3

号: nickname, number, item

号 is a JLPT N3 kanji meaning nickname, number, item, written with 5 strokes. It is read ゴウ (on) and さけぶ, よびな (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 3. You will see it in 番号 (ばんごう, number) and 信号 (しんごう, signal).

号

Meanings

  • nickname
  • number
  • item
  • title
  • pseudonym
  • name
  • call
Strokes5
JLPT levelN3
School gradeGrade 3
Frequency#585 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ゴウ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • さけぶ
  • よびな

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

Watch the stroke order

Every stroke in order, the live one in vermilion. Replay as often as you like.

12345

Now draw it

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123450 / 5

Your turn: draw stroke 1 of 5. Start at the dot.

Common words with 号

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 番号ばんごう

    number; series of digits

    JLPT N5
  • 信号しんごう

    signal; signalling; signaling

    JLPT N3
  • 号ごう

    number; edition; make; model; issue

    JLPT N1
  • 記号きごう

    sign; symbol; mark

    JLPT N2
  • 年号ねんごう

    name of an imperial era (e.g. Heisei, Shōwa)

    JLPT N1
  • 符号ふごう

    sign; mark; symbol; code

    JLPT N2
  • 暗号あんごう

    code; password; cipher

  • 背番号せばんごう

    number on the back of a player's uniform

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0; the Spanish meanings they lack, translated by Naraio from their English, are shared under the same licence. Example sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY. Sentences split into words with IPADIC © NAIST and IPA, through Lindera.