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侯

hóu

marquis, lord; target in archery

📷 Pictographic: A person 亻 who might be a target 矦
HSK 9 strokes Common (18%)
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亻
rén
man, person; people
矦
hóu
target in archery
⿰亻矦 i

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Component Tree i

rén
亻
man, person; people
💡 Ideographic: Visual abbreviation of 人
2 strokes
hóu
矦
target in archery
📷 Pictographic: An arrow 矢 hitting a target 厃
9 strokes

Words Using 侯 (25)

hóu
侯 ↗
marquis, second of the five orders of ancient Chinese nobility [[五等爵位<wǔděngjuéwèi>]] / nobleman or high official
Hóu
侯 ↗
surname Hou
hóujué
侯爵 ↗
marquis
wánghóu
王侯 ↗
aristocracy
hóuménsìhǎi
侯门似海 ↗
lit. the gate of a noble house is like the sea / there is a wide gap between the nobility and the common people (idiom)
Hóumǎ
侯马 ↗
Houma county level city in Linfen [[臨汾|临汾<Línfén>]], Shanxi
Hóumǎshì
侯马市 ↗
Houma county level city in Linfen [[臨汾|临汾<Línfén>]], Shanxi
Zōngshènghóu
宗圣侯 ↗
hereditary title bestowed on Confucius' descendants
wánghóugōngqīng
王侯公卿 ↗
aristocracy
qièguózhěhóu,qiègōuzhězhū
窃国者侯，窃钩者诛 ↗
steal the whole country and they make you a prince, steal a hook and they hang you (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi [[莊子|庄子]])
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