1. (literary) to call out; to command

2. (bound form) bugle; trumpet

3. (bound form) signal; bugle call (e.g. 起床号 (qǐchuánghào))

4. (bound form) mark; sign

5. to mark; to label; to assign a number

6. (bound form) name; appellation (e.g. 国号 (guóhào), 年号 (niánhào), 辽宁号 (LiáoníngHào))

7. (after a numeral) number designation (e.g. 237237号房间 (èrsānqīhàofángjiān) "Room 237")

8. day of the month (e.g. 七号 (qīhào) "the 7th")

9. (bound form) size; type; category (e.g. 五号电池 (wǔhàodiànchí))

10. (TCM) to feel (the pulse) (used in 号脉 (hàomài))

11. classifier for numbered people or items