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  1. 侯 is the 1754th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 14 words.
  4. appears as a component in 12 characters.

Decomposition:

1Once
No glyph available
2Radical
humanNo glyph availablearrow
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Hou2 - surname Hou
  2. hou2 - marquis, second of the five orders of ancient Chinese nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]/nobleman or high official

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words:

High Frequency

 

Medium Frequency

武侯区 (武侯區)
武侯祠 
王侯 
诸侯 (諸侯)
闽侯 (閩侯)
Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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