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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
hóu - surname Hou
hóu - marquis, second of the five orders of ancient Chinese nobility 五等爵位[wu3deng3 jue2wei4]
- nobleman; high official
hòu - used in 閩侯|闽侯[Min3hou4] (the name of a place in Fujian)

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 9,346 6,719 7,330

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Pictographic

Hint:

A person 亻 who might be a target 矦

Other Words Containing

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 9,346 6,719 7,330
侯爵 - - 26,145 53,516 74,167
萨达姆·侯赛因 - - 33,042 - -
侯赛因 - - 38,856 43,541 96,668
诸侯 - - 44,049 17,204 30,452
王侯 - - 51,864 53,374 47,523
夏侯 - - 63,910 39,296 62,738
侯门 - - 73,658 - -