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hóu(hou2) , hòu(hou4) // pronunciations of 侯 in Mandarin Pinyin

Basic information about 侯

Unihan definition: marquis, lord; target in archery

Number of strokes: 9
Examples of other characters consisting of 9 strokes: , , , , , , , , ,

Radical:  9.7

Frequency rank: 1756

General standard index number: 1576

Examples of words containing this character: 侯爵, 侯门, 侯马, 武侯, 王侯, 诸侯, 闽侯, 侯赛因, 侯马市, 宗圣侯, 武侯区, 武侯祠, 症侯群, 万户侯, 诸侯国, 闽侯县, 侯景之乱, 侯门似海, 王侯公卿, 挟天子以令诸侯, 萨达姆・侯赛因, 窃国者侯,窃钩者诛, 窃钩者诛,窃国者侯

English translation (based on CEDICT):

侯[Hóu]:
- surname Hou
侯[hóu]:
- marquis, second of the five orders of ancient Chinese nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]
- nobleman or high official

Details

Unicode code point: U+4FAF

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