侯

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Alternative forms 1.2 Han character 1.2.1 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Kanji 3.1.1 Readings 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 5 Mandarin 5.1 Hanzi 6 Vietnamese 6.1 Han character

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Alternative forms

• 矦

[edit] Han character

侯 (radical 9 人+7, 9 strokes, cangjie input 人弓一大 (ONMK), four-corner 2723₄)

1. marquis, lord
2. target in archery
3. a Chinese surname

[edit] References

• KangXi: page 103, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 633
• Dae Jaweon: page 218, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 167, character 1
• Unihan data for U+4FAF

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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

侯 (Yale hau4, hau6)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Kanji

侯 (common kanji)

[edit] Readings

• On: こう (kō)
• Kun: まと (mato), きみ (kimi)

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

侯
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 후, 혜 (revised: hu, McCune-Reischauer: hu)

• Name (hangeul): 제후, 어조사 혜()

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Hanzi

侯 (pinyin hóu (hou2), Wade-Giles hou²)

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[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

侯 (hầu, hậu)