侯 — Chinese character
侯
hóu
marquis, lord; target in archery
- Pinyin
- hóu
- Radical
- 9 ⼈ (Man)
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- 亻 矦
- Formation
- pictographic — A person 亻 who might be a target 矦
- Japanese
- 侯 as a kanji
Common words with 侯
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 诸侯 (諸侯) | zhū hóu | dukes or princes who rule a part of the country under the emperor; local rulers |
| 侯爵 | hóu jué | marquis |
| 诸侯国 (諸侯國) | zhū hóu guó | vassal state |
| 王侯 | wáng hóu | aristocracy |
| 武侯祠 | wǔ hóu cí | temple dedicated to the memory of Zhuge Liang 诸葛亮 (Zhū gě Liàng) (There is one in Chengdu, and many others in various parts of China.) |
| 侯门 (侯門) | hóu mén | noble house |
| 王侯将相 (王侯將相) | wáng hóu jiàng xiàng | (lit.) kings, nobles, generals and ministers (idiom); (fig.) people of the highest rank and status; the ruling elite |
| 万户侯 (萬戶侯) | wàn hù hóu | Marquis (highest Han dynasty ducal title meaning lord of 10,000 households); high nobles |
| 列侯 | liè hóu | duke (old); nobleman |
| 侯门似海 (侯門似海) | hóu mén sì hǎi | (lit.) the gate of a noble house is like the sea (idiom); (fig.) there is a wide gap between the nobility and the common people |
| 王侯公卿 | wáng hóu gōng qīng | aristocracy |
English words written with 侯
侯 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 5 · Analects 5 · Art of War 10 · I Ching 5 · Mencius 66 · Zhuangzi 60 · Doctrine of the Mean 4
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 32
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 37
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 39
- Analects 11.25
- Analects 14.17
- Analects 14.18
- Analects 16.2
- Art of War 2.4
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.