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侯
侯 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “marquis”. It is built from 亻 (person) and 矢 (arrow). It appears as a component in 16 other characters in this index.
- Keyword
- marquis
- Pinyin (Mandarin)
- hóu
- Script
- Chinese hanzi
- Also known as
- marquis, lord, господин, маркиз, lord
- Same glyph as a Japanese kanji
- 侯 marquis
Decomposition
ids
Characters that contain 侯
- 喉 throat
- 堠 battlements
- 帿 marquis
- 猴 monkey
- 瘊 warts
- 睺 (cant.) to watch
- 篌 ancient musical instrument
- 糇 dried rice
- 緱 cord binding on hilt of sword
- 缑 cord binding on hilt of sword
- 翭 翭
- 葔 葔
- 鄇 a name of a town in henan province
- 鍭 arrow
- 餱 dry goods
- 鯸 blowfish
How to find 侯 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “person” + “arrow”. 侯 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 侯 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.