漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
侯: marquis, lord
Also: daimyo
JLPT N19 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
亻 carries the meaning · 矢 is drawn in
9 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
コウkou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 侯こうmarquis
- 侯爵こうしゃくmarquis; marquess
- 王侯おうこうthe king and his feudal lords
Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“See the person standing tall, ready to interact with the world! When this radical appears on the left, it signals that the kanji describes a human quality, a social relationship, or an action that people perform.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side侯 marquis · 矢
vs候 climate · 矦In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · hóu
Same form: 侯 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 侯 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 侯 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin hóu most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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