侯

See also 候

Translingual

Alternative forms

• 矦

Han character

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

1. marquis, lord
2. a Chinese surname

Derived characters

• 喉

See also

• 候

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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Cantonese

Hanzi

侯 (Yale hau4, hau6)

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Japanese

Kanji

侯 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

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

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Korean

Hanja

侯
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 후, 혜 (revised: hu, hye, McCune-Reischauer: hu, hye, Yale: hwu, hyey)

• Name (hangeul): 제후, 어조사 혜()

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Mandarin

Hanzi

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

侯 (hậu, hầu)

References

• Nom Foundation