Read Edit View history 矦 hóu target (archery) Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Pictograph of an arrow (矢) hitting a target (厂). Variant of 侯. Pinyin Separate values with commas hóu × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Here used to represent a target. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 矦 Simp strokes 矦 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 矦 Simp strokes 矦 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 矦 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 453, 863 ], [ 470, 841 ], [ 477, 817 ], [ 435, 740 ], [ 372, 664 ], [ 282, 597 ] ], [ [ 459, 724 ], [ 570, 742 ], [ 583, 749 ], [ 616, 746 ], [ 646, 730 ], [ 616, 686 ], [ 533, 596 ], [ 510, 574 ], [ 485, 562 ] ], [ [ 319, 518 ], [ 341, 506 ], [ 486, 540 ], [ 712, 580 ], [ 789, 569 ] ], [ [ 244, 526 ], [ 281, 496 ], [ 286, 466 ], [ 276, 319 ], [ 244, 202 ], [ 212, 143 ], [ 167, 87 ], [ 124, 47 ], [ 60, 3 ] ], [ [ 449, 483 ], [ 471, 446 ], [ 444, 393 ], [ 390, 329 ], [ 332, 286 ] ], [ [ 473, 387 ], [ 527, 385 ], [ 579, 392 ], [ 620, 402 ], [ 680, 430 ], [ 727, 427 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