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侯
侯
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Translingual
Alternative forms
Han character
侯 (radical 9 人+7, 9 strokes, cangjie input 人弓一大 (ONMK), four-corner 27234, composition ⿰亻⿱⿱𠃍一矢 or ⿰亻⿱⿱乛一矢)
Derived characters
See also
References
- KangXi: page 103, character 7
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 633
- Dae Jaweon: page 218, character 20
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 167, character 1
- Unihan data for U+4FAF
Chinese
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侯 | |
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Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 侯
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References:
Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (侯) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| Old Chinese | |
| 緱 | *koː, *koː |
| 侯 | *ɡoː |
| 喉 | *ɡoː |
| 猴 | *ɡoː |
| 瘊 | *ɡoː |
| 篌 | *ɡoː |
| 糇 | *ɡoː |
| 帿 | *ɡoː |
| 睺 | *ɡoː, *ɡoːs |
| 矦 | *ɡoː |
| 餱 | *ɡoː |
| 翭 | *ɡoː |
| 葔 | *ɡoː |
| 鄇 | *ɡoː, *ɡoːs |
| 鍭 | *ɡoː, *ɡoːs |
| 鯸 | *ɡoː |
| 候 | *ɡoːs |
| 堠 | *ɡoːs |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄡˊ
- Wade-Giles: hou2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hour
- IPA (key): /xoʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: hau4
- Yale: hàuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: hau4
- IPA (key): /hɐu̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hâu / hô͘
- Tâi-lô: hâu / hôo
- Phofsit Daibuun: haau, hoo
- IPA (Xiamen): /haʊ²⁴/, /hɔ²⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /haʊ²⁴/, /hɔ²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /haʊ¹³/, /hɔ¹³/
- IPA (Taipei): /haʊ²⁴/, /hɔ²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /haʊ²³/, /hɔ²³/
- Note: hâu - vernacular, hô͘ - literary.
- (Hokkien)
- Dialectal data▼
| Variety | Location | 侯 |
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| Mandarin | Beijing | /xou³⁵/ |
| Harbin | /xou²⁴/ | |
| Tianjin | /xou⁴⁵/ | |
| Jinan | /xou⁴²/ | |
| Qingdao | /xou⁴²/ | |
| Zhengzhou | /xou⁴²/ | |
| Xi'an | /xou²⁴/ | |
| Xining | /xɯ²⁴/ | |
| Yinchuan | /xəu⁵³/ | |
| Lanzhou | /xou⁵³/ | |
| Ürümqi | /xɤu⁵¹/ | |
| Wuhan | /xəu²¹³/ | |
| Chengdu | /xəu³¹/ | |
| Guiyang | /xəu²¹/ | |
| Kunming | /xəu³¹/ | |
| Nanjing | /xəɯ²⁴/ | |
| Hefei | /xɯ⁵⁵/ | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /xəu¹¹/ |
| Pingyao | /xəu¹³/ | |
| Hohhot | /xəu³¹/ | |
| Wu | Shanghai | /ɦɤ²³/ |
| Suzhou | /ɦɤ¹³/ | |
| Hangzhou | /ɦei²¹³/ | |
| Wenzhou | /ɦau³¹/ | |
| Hui | Shexian | /xiu⁴⁴/ |
| Tunxi | ||
| Xiang | Changsha | /xəu¹³/ |
| Xiangtan | /ɦəɯ¹²/ | |
| Gan | Nanchang | /hɛu²⁴/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /heu¹¹/ |
| Taoyuan | /heu¹¹/ | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /hɐu²¹/ |
| Nanning | /hɐu²¹/ | |
| Hong Kong | /hɐu²¹/ | |
| Min | Xiamen (Min Nan) |
/hɔ³⁵/ /kau³⁵/ |
| Fuzhou (Min Dong) | /hɛu⁵³/ | |
| Jian'ou (Min Bei) | /e²¹/ | |
| Shantou (Min Nan) | /hou⁵⁵/ | |
| Haikou (Min Nan) | /hɔu³¹/ |
| Rime | |
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| Character | 侯 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 匣 (33) |
| Final (韻) | 侯 (137) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 戸鉤切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ɦəu/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ɦəu/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ɣəu/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ɦəw/ |
| Li Rong |
/ɣu/ |
| Wang Li |
/ɣəu/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/ɣə̯u/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
hóu |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
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| Character | 侯 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
hóu |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ huw › |
| Old Chinese |
/*[ɡ]ˤ(r)o/ |
| English | feudal lord |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
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| Character | 侯 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 5139 |
| Phonetic component |
侯 |
| Rime group |
侯 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
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| Old Chinese |
/*ɡoː/ |
| Notes | 矦隸變 |
Definitions
侯
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References
- “Query for 侯”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan], Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.
Japanese
Kanji
Readings
Korean
Hanja
侯 • (hu, hye)
Eumhun:
- Name (hangeul): 제후, 어조사 혜()
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