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侯

JLPT N1 9 strokes Frequency: #2363

Meanings

Marquis, Lord, Daimyo

Radicals

亻

Decomposition

⿰亻矦

Etymology

Pictographic: A person 亻 who might be a target 矦

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 9

Stroke Order

1 diagonal top-to-bottom

2 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

3 corner right-to-left

4 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

5 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left

6 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

7 horizontal bottom-to-top

8 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left

9 diagonal top-left-to-bottom-right

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

コウ kou

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

No common kun'yomi readings

Words Using This Kanji

17 words total

Other (17 words)

marchioness

marquisate

marquis

marquis

nobles

princes and marquises

三百諸侯さんびゃくしょこう

all daimyo

諸侯しょこう

feudal lords

王侯おうこう

the king and his feudal lords

藩侯はんこう

feudal lord

土侯どこう

local ruler

王侯貴族おうこうきぞく

royalty and titled nobility

列侯れっこう

many daimyo

仙台侯せんだいこう

Lord of Sendai

土侯国どこうこく

native state (of pre-independence India)

公侯伯子男こうこうはくしだん

duke, marquis, count, viscount and baron (five ranks of nobility in Japan; 1869-1947)

王侯将相いずくんぞ種あらんやおうこうしょうしょういずくんぞしゅあらんや

high status does not depend on birth

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