This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: ゴウ、さけ.ぶ、よびな
Romaji: gou, sake.bu, yobina
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

nickname, number, item, title, pseudonym, name, call

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  5
Radical Number:  30
Frequency:  585
Grade:  3
Skip Pattern:  2-3-2
Korean Reading:  ho
Chinese Reading:  hao2
Unicode:  53f7
JIS:  3966

Indexes

Halpern Index: 2153
Nelson Index: 882
New Nelson Index: 692
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3d2.10
Four Corner Index: 6020.7
Guide to Remembering Index: 281
Gakken Index: 368
Japanese Names Index: 272
Daikanwanjiten Index: 3256
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 2.0777
Remembering the kanji Index: 1242
Busy People Index: 2.12
Kanji Flashcards Index: 399
Kodansha Compact Index: 316
Read Writing Kanji Third Index: 297
Kanji in Context Index: 442
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 1361
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 1847
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 1250
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1330
Essential Kanji Index: 227
Kodansha Kanji Index: 2675
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 3752
Read Writing the Kanji Index: 215
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 248

Words

(ごう)
number; edition; make; model; issue; part of that group; sobriquet; pen-name
背番号 (せばんごう)
number on player's back
称号 (しょうごう)
title; name; degree
略号 (りゃくごう)
code; mark; symbol
暗号 (あんごう)
code; password; cipher
番号 (ばんごう)
number; series of digits
信号 (しんごう)
signal; signalling; signaling; traffic light; traffic signal
記号 (きごう)
symbol; code; sign; notation
符号 (ふごう)
sign; mark; symbol; code; sign (e.g. positive, negative)
元号 (げんごう)
era name
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