Chinese symbol for “aristocracy”
王侯
wáng hóu
aristocracy
The closest CC-CEDICT match for aristocracy is 王侯 (wáng hóu), defined as: aristocracy.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “aristocracy”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 贵族 (貴族) | guì zú | lord; nobility |
| 王侯公卿 | wáng hóu gōng qīng | aristocracy |
| 贵族社会 (貴族社會) | guì zú shè huì | aristocracy |
| 鼎族 | dǐng zú | rich patriarchal family; aristocracy |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 王侯.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 国王 (國王) | guó wáng | king |
| 王国 (王國) | wáng guó | kingdom; realm |
| 女王 | nǚ wáng | queen |
| 王子 | wáng zǐ | prince; son of a king |
| 王朝 | wáng cháo | dynasty |
| 亲王 (親王) | qīn wáng | prince |
| 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “aristocracy”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.