侯
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marquis, second of the five orders of ancient Chinese nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]; nobleman; high official
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How 侯 is formed
Pictograph (象形字)
A person 亻 who might be a target 矦
components: 亻 矦
How to remember it
marquis · Heisig RSH #1271
人 person + key + 矢 dart
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 侯 as their sound component
These characters all use 侯 (hóu) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 侯 sound component | hóu | marquis, lord; target in archery |
| 喉 | hóu | throat, larynx, gullet; guttural |
| 猴 | hóu | monkey, ape; like a monkey |
| 瘊 | hóu | pimple, wart |
| 篌 | hóu | ancient Chinese harp |
| 缑 | gōu | a tassel on a sword hilt; surname |
| 堠 | hòu | battlement, rampart |
| 糇 | hóu | dried rice; dry rations |
Words containing 侯
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 侯马市 | Hóu mǎ Shì | Houma, a county-level city in Linfen City 臨汾市|临汾市[Lin2 fen2 Shi4], Shanxi |
| 萨达姆·侯赛因 | Sà dá mǔ Hóu sài yīn | Saddam Hussein |
| 胜者王侯败者贼 | shèng zhě wáng hóu bài zhě zéi | see 勝者王侯敗者寇|胜者王侯败者寇[sheng4 zhe3 wang2 hou2 bai4 zhe3 kou4] |
| 武侯区 | Wǔ hóu Qū | Wuhou, a district of Chengdu City 成都市[Cheng2 du1 Shi4], Sichuan |
| 王侯将相 | wáng hóu jiàng xiàng | (lit.) kings, nobles, generals and ministers (idiom); (fig.) people of the highest rank an… |
| 侯景之乱 | Hóu Jǐng zhī luàn | rebellion against Liang of the Southern Dynasties 南朝梁 in 548 |
| 侯门似海 | hóu mén sì hǎi | (lit.) the gate of a noble house is like the sea (idiom); (fig.) there is a wide gap betwe… |
| 胜者王侯败者寇 | shèng zhě wáng hóu bài zhě kòu | the winners become princes and marquises; the losers are vilified as bandits (idiom); hist… |
| 万户侯 | wàn hù hóu | Marquis (highest Han dynasty ducal title meaning lord of 10,000 households); high nobles |
| 侯马 | Hóu mǎ | see 侯馬市|侯马市[Hou2 ma3 Shi4] |
| 侯赛因 | Hóu sài yīn | Husain or Hussein (name); Hussein (c. 626-680), Muslim leader whose martyrdom is commemora… |
| 宗圣侯 | Zōng shèng hóu | hereditary title bestowed on Confucius' descendants |
| 侯门 | hóu mén | noble house |
| 挟天子以令诸侯 | xié tiān zǐ yǐ lìng zhū hóu | (expr.) hold the feudal overlord and you control his vassals |
| 窃国者侯，窃钩者诛 | qiè guó zhě hóu , qiè gōu zhě zhū | steal the whole country and they make you a prince, steal a hook and they hang you (idiom,… |
| 窃钩者诛，窃国者侯 | qiè gōu zhě zhū , qiè guó zhě hóu | steal a hook and they hang you, steal the whole country and they make you a prince (idiom,… |
| 王侯 | wáng hóu | aristocracy |
| 武侯 | Wǔ hóu | see 武侯區|武侯区[Wu3 hou2 Qu1] |
| 诸侯国 | zhū hóu guó | vassal state |
| 王侯公卿 | wáng hóu gōng qīng | aristocracy |