Read Edit View history 侯 hóuHóuhòu marquis Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Pictograph of an arrow (矢) hitting a target. Based on the original meaning "target (archery)". The meaning of this character has shifted over time and now means "marquis", likely because archery was associated with people of high ranking. Pinyin Separate values with commas hóu ×hòu × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Depicts a target. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 侯 Simp strokes 侯 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 侯 Simp strokes 侯 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 侯 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 294, 797 ], [ 319, 773 ], [ 331, 746 ], [ 302, 678 ], [ 182, 475 ], [ 120, 393 ], [ 67, 339 ] ], [ [ 251, 528 ], [ 256, 497 ], [ 272, 469 ], [ 274, 426 ], [ 269, 214 ], [ 254, 70 ], [ 260, 17 ] ], [ [ 488, 730 ], [ 529, 725 ], [ 676, 761 ], [ 697, 761 ], [ 722, 739 ], [ 727, 724 ], [ 703, 665 ], [ 665, 632 ] ], [ [ 388, 571 ], [ 430, 565 ], [ 603, 602 ], [ 800, 631 ], [ 859, 629 ], [ 890, 619 ] ], [ [ 500, 560 ], [ 532, 528 ], [ 525, 508 ], [ 479, 416 ], [ 449, 378 ], [ 418, 351 ] ], [ [ 519, 432 ], [ 622, 441 ], [ 735, 472 ], [ 768, 470 ] ], [ [ 357, 256 ], [ 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529 569 Q 661 606 877 606 Q 895 606 900 614 Q 904 624 890 636 Q 838 670 786 653 Q 758 647 724 639 L 660 626 Q 641 623 622 619 Q 516 600 390 579 Q 372 578 386 563 Q 399 551 414 547 Q 432 543 446 548 Q 468 555 494 561 L 529 569 Z", "M 526 447 Q 530 454 534 461 Q 553 495 571 523 Q 580 535 566 548 Q 550 560 529 569 C 502 581 489 587 494 561 Q 494 560 495 556 Q 508 480 422 370 Q 413 360 408 351 Q 401 338 415 342 Q 454 346 514 429 L 526 447 Z", "M 613 419 Q 766 452 776 461 Q 783 468 779 477 Q 772 487 744 494 Q 714 498 686 486 Q 652 474 616 464 Q 576 454 528 448 Q 525 448 526 447 C 497 440 494 440 514 429 Q 520 423 567 413 L 613 419 Z", "M 628 270 Q 719 283 858 286 Q 918 286 924 295 Q 928 305 913 319 Q 865 353 829 345 Q 756 329 636 307 L 579 297 Q 476 282 359 265 Q 340 262 354 247 Q 367 234 385 230 Q 404 226 419 230 Q 491 252 574 263 L 628 270 Z", "M 626 261 Q 626 265 628 270 L 636 307 Q 645 370 652 381 Q 659 388 653 398 Q 647 405 619 416 Q 615 417 613 419 C 586 431 559 442 567 413 Q 582 362 579 297 L 574 263 Q 538 133 464 70 Q 427 43 355 5 Q 333 -8 361 -7 Q 377 -8 412 4 Q 457 14 494 39 Q 572 84 619 231 L 626 261 Z", "M 619 231 Q 692 123 784 10 Q 803 -9 833 -8 Q 936 -4 969 2 Q 979 3 980 9 Q 981 13 967 22 Q 814 82 758 139 Q 695 191 626 261 C 605 282 602 256 619 231 Z" ] } 9 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × × × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.