号(ごう)

ごう
noun / suffix
number; issue; name/title
1. number, issue (of a magazine or publication)
A sequential number assigned to a publication, edition, or installment. Commonly used for magazines, journals, and periodical issues.
最新(さいしん)号(ごう)を読(よ)む。
To read the latest issue.
その雑誌(ざっし)の三月(さんがつ)号(ごう)は売(う)り切(き)れだった。
The March issue of that magazine was sold out.
創刊(そうかん)号(ごう)は今(いま)ではプレミアがついて高値(たかね)で取引(とりひき)されている。
The inaugural issue now commands a premium and is traded at high prices.
2. designation number, name (of a ship, train, typhoon, etc.)
A number or name used to identify a specific ship, train service, typhoon, space mission, or other named entity.
台風(たいふう)十(じゅう)号(ごう)が接近(せっきん)している。
Typhoon No. 10 is approaching.
のぞみ一(いち)号(ごう)に乗(の)って東京(とうきょう)に向(む)かった。
I headed to Tokyo on Nozomi No. 1.
アポロ十一(じゅういち)号(ごう)は人類(じんるい)で初(はじ)めて月(つき)に着陸(ちゃくりく)した宇宙船(うちゅうせん)だ。
Apollo 11 was the first spacecraft to land humans on the moon.

USAGE:
号(ごう) is typically used as a suffix attached to numbers or names. It functions similarly to English "No." or "issue" but is used much more broadly in Japanese.

COMMON PATTERNS:

  • 〜月(がつ)号(ごう): the [month] issue (magazines)
  • 第(だい)〜号(ごう): issue/number ~ (formal numbering)
  • 創刊(そうかん)号(ごう): inaugural/first issue
  • 最新(さいしん)号(ごう): latest issue
  • 台風(たいふう)〜号(ごう): typhoon number ~

NOTE:
Not to be confused with the suffix 〜号(ごう) used for room numbers (三〇五(さんまるご)号室(ごうしつ) "room 305") or dress sizes.

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