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Chinese symbol for “call”

号召
hào zhào
Traditional: 號召
to call; to appeal

The closest CC-CEDICT match for call is 号召 (hào zhào), defined as: to call; to appeal.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

号 hào
mark, sign; symbol; number; to call, to cry, to roar
radical 30 ⼝ · 5 strokes
召 zhào
imperial decree; to summon, to call, to beckon
radical 30 ⼝ · 5 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “call”

WordPinyinMeaning
称呼 (稱呼)chēng huto call; to address as; form of address; appellation
呼hūto call; to cry
拨打 (撥打)bō dǎto call; to dial
叫作jiào zuòto call; to be called
唤 (喚)huànto call

Related words

Other words that share a character with 号召.

WordPinyinMeaning
信号 (信號)xìn hàosignal
号码 (號碼)hào mǎnumber; measure word: 堆 (duī), 个 (gè)
口号 (口號)kǒu hàoslogan; catchphrase
账号 (賬號)zhàng hàoaccount number; account; username
符号 (符號)fú hàosymbol; mark; sign
召开 (召開)zhào kāito convene (a conference or meeting); to convoke
召集zhào jíto convene; to call together
召唤 (召喚)zhào huànto summon; to beckon

See also: Japanese symbol for “call”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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