漢字城 Kanji Fortress

号 number

Also: issue

On'yomi
ゴウ
Strokes
5
JLPT
N4
Taught in
Primary school, year 3

Stroke order

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
号 is written in 5 strokes. Each panel adds the next one; the dot marks where the brush starts.

Remember it

A mouth shouting out over a single horizontal line, calling out numbers one at a time: room number, train number, magazine issue.

A common word

  • 番号 ばんごう number

Example sentences

  • わたしはさんごうしゃにのります。

    I'm getting on car number three.

  • このざっしのごがつごうをかいました。

    I bought the May issue of this magazine.

Kanji that share a part

口 is its radical. 124 kanji share it in all.

一 is a component. 50 kanji share it in all.