がう

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of がう – see the following entries.
【号ごう】3
[noun] number
[noun] art name
[suffix] ordinal marker, often with prefix 第 (used like -st, -nd, -rd, -th in English)
[suffix] used after the names of vehicles, such as ships or airplanes
[suffix] used after the names of animals, such as show dogs, police dogs, and racehorses
【郷ごう】6
[noun] country home, village, countryside, township
(This term, がう (gau), is a historical kana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as がう, see Category:Japanese kanji read as がう.
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