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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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		侯

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hóu (hou²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hau⁴, hau⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: hóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄡˊ
    • Wade-Giles: hou²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hour
    • IPA ^(key): /xoʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hau⁴, hau⁶
    • Yale: hàuh, hauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hau⁴, hau⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /hɐu̯²¹/, /hɐu̯²²/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (侯, reconstructed)
Character (侯), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 匣 (33) Final: 侯 Division: I			Openness: Open Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 戸鉤切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ɦəu/	/ɣə̯u/	/ɣu/	/ɦəu/	/ɦəw/	/ɣəu/	/ɣəu/

Old Chinese pronunciation (侯, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
侯								hóu								‹ huw ›								/*[ɡ]ˤ(r)o/								feudal lord
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
侯					5139					侯					侯					0										/*ɡoː/					矦隸變

Definitions

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Japanese

Kanji

侯

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. marquis
2. lord
3. daimyo

Readings

• Goon: ぐ (gu)
• Kan’on: こう (kō)
• Kun: まと (mato), きみ (kimi)

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Korean

Hanja

侯 (hu, hye)
Eumhun:

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

• Name (hangeul): 제후, 어조사 혜()

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Vietnamese

Han character

侯 (hậu, hầu)

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References

• Nom Foundation