号
call, item, name, nickname, number, pseudonym, title
Readings
On'yomi (音読み)
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
Stroke Order
5 / 5
Information
Grade:3
Strokes:5
JLPT:3
Frequency:585
Vocabulary
ゴウ
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 暗号 | アンゴウ | code; password; cipher |
| 記号 | キゴウ | sign; symbol; mark |
| 元号 | ゲンゴウ | name of an imperial era (e.g. Heisei, Shōwa); Japanese era name |
| 号車 | ゴウシャ | suffix for train car numbers |
| 号令 | ゴウレイ | order (esp. to a number of people); command; ritual of bowing at start and end of school class |
Other
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 号 | ごう | number; edition; make; model; issue; part of that group; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc. |
| 背番号 | せばんごう | number on the back of a player's uniform; uniform number; shirt number; squad number |
| 赤信号 | あかしんごう | red light (traffic); red light; signal to stop; sign of danger |
| 屋号 | やごう | name of store; trade name (esp. of a sole proprietorship); stage name (e.g. of actor) |
| 青信号 | あおしんごう | green light (traffic); green light; go-ahead signal; permission to go ahead (with something) |
Visually Similar Kanji
These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes
叫
exclaim, shout, yell
Grade 8JLPT 2
吐
belch, confess, spit, tell (lies), vomit
Grade 8JLPT 1
口
mouth
Grade 1JLPT 4
史
chronicle, history
Grade 5JLPT 2
中
center, in, inside, mean, middle
Grade 1JLPT 5
兄
big brother, elder brother
Grade 2JLPT 4
吟
recital, singing, versify
Grade 8JLPT 1
呈
display, exhibit, offer, present, send
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呉
do something for, give, kingdom of Wu
Grade 8JLPT 1
吸
imbibe, inhale, sip, suck
Grade 6JLPT 3