TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 · 字
號
號 ＝ 号 ＋ 虎
ㄏㄠˋ · hào/háo
noun — a number; a name; (háo) to howl
字源 FORM — what the parts do
号聲hào — a cry, gives the sounda mouth 口 over the catching breath 丂
A cry (号 — a mouth over catching breath) with a tiger (虎) behind it: the roar that carries. What gets called out loud became what calls you out — names (稱號、外號), then the numbers that name things: 號碼、五號.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
虎（虎）一吼，滿山都應（号）了一聲。
The tiger (虎) roars once — the whole mountain answers (号).
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
háo
(本義)號叫、哀號— to howl, to wail
hào
(引申)稱號、外號— a name called out
→號碼、幾號— a number — the calling mark常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension