Radical 口

5 strokes

號

mouth 口 (5) + choke 丂 (424a) = date 号

Also used more generally to mean “Number” (as in “Number 3”) or “symbol”.

[单号 (344) dānhào an odd number]

[口号 (5) kǒuhào slogan]

(Reading the newspaper at breakfast) he’s just put a spoonful of cereal in his mouth, and chokes when he spots the date on the newspaper (he’s forgotten their wedding anniversary!) / The dwarf butler is very houseproud, and mutters as he sweeps up the cornflakes from the floor.