noun, noun, used as a suffix
number; issue; numbered model or item; member of a numbered group
Often used after a number or time expression to label an issue, edition, numbered machine or model, or a person/item counted as part of a group, as in 六月号, 一号機, and 第一号.
この雑誌の六月号は明日発売される。
The June issue of this magazine goes on sale tomorrow.
新しいロボットの一号機が完成した。
The first unit of the new robot has been completed.
彼はこの制度の利用者第一号になった。
He became the first user of this system.
noun, noun, used as a suffix
sobriquet; pen name; art name
A formal or literary word for an assumed name, especially one used by writers, poets, artists, or historical figures; modern everyday English-like ペンネーム is often used for contemporary writers.
その俳人は「白雨」という号で句を発表した。
The haiku poet published poems under the pen name “Hakuu.”
noun, noun, used as a suffix
size number; gauge; standard size
Used as a size designation in specific systems such as canvases, printing type, and knitting needles; the exact physical size depends on the field.
絵を描くために十号のキャンバスを買った。
I bought a size-10 canvas for painting.
この毛糸には六号の編み針を使います。
Use size-6 knitting needles for this yarn.
suffix
suffix for vehicle names; ship, train, or aircraft name suffix
Attached to the names of ships, trains, airplanes, spacecraft, and similar vehicles or services, functioning like a name marker rather than a simple number.
私たちはひかり号に乗って京都へ行った。
We went to Kyoto on the Hikari train.
大型客船のさくら号が港に入ってきた。
The large passenger ship Sakura entered the port.
A general 'number' assigned to something; 号 is often a suffix in labels such as issues, numbered units, sizes, or vehicle names.
Used for order, turns, and numbered positions; 号 more strongly suggests a labeled issue, model, size, or named vehicle.
Means an edition or version, especially of a publication or release; 号 refers to an issue or numbered installment such as a magazine issue.
The common modern word for a pen name; 号 is more formal, literary, artistic, or historical.
Sino-Japanese ごう from the kanji 号; the older form is 號. The spelling is conventionally associated with labels, numbers, calls or names, and titles, but no precise historical derivation is asserted here.