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侯

Reading

Kana: コウ
Romaji: kou
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

marquis, lord, daimyo

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  9
Radical Number:  9
Frequency:  2363
Grade:  8
Skip Pattern:  1-2-7
Korean Reading:  hu
Chinese Reading:  hou4
Unicode:  4faf
JIS:  3874

Indexes

Halpern Index: 98
Nelson Index: 443
New Nelson Index: 211
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 2a7.21
Four Corner Index: 2723.4
Guide to Remembering Index: 1256
Gakken Index: 2014
Japanese Names Index: 777
Daikanwanjiten Index: 633
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 1.0762
Remembering the kanji Index: 1639
Kodansha Compact Index: 95
Kanji in Context Index: 1876
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 74
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 79
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 1654
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1767
Essential Kanji Index: 1479
Kodansha Kanji Index: 109
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 2163
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 1227

Words

侯 (こう)
marquis; lord; daimyo
諸侯 (しょこう)
princes; lords
王侯貴族 (おうこうきぞく)
royalty and titled nobility
侯爵夫人 (こうしゃくふじん)
marchioness
公侯 (こうこう)
princes and marquises; great feudal lords
侯爵 (こうしゃく)
marquis; marquess
王侯 (おうこう)
king and princes; noble rank
侯国 (こうこく)
marquisate; marquessate; principality
侯伯 (こうはく)
nobles; feudal lords
三百諸侯 (さんびゃくしょこう)
all the daimyos
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