1. 王
  2. 侯

王

Previous (思)Next (象)
  • 299th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.07% to your reading coverage
  • 3 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 226 words
  • Component in 203 characters

Decomposition

1Once
王→
一土
2Radical
王→
王jade
3Graphical
王→
一一丨一

Pinyin & Meaning

1. wáng (Wang2)surname Wang
2. wáng (wang2)king or monarch • best or strongest of its type • grand • great
3. wàng (wang4)to rule • to reign over

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for 王 wáng (wang2)The component 王 is pronounced as 'wáng' (wang2). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
2. Pronunciation clue for 王 wáng (wang2)The component 王 is pronounced as 'wàng' (wang4). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
3. Pronunciation clue for 王 wàng (wang4)The component 王 is pronounced as 'wáng' (wang2). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
4. Pronunciation clue for 王 wàng (wang4)The component 王 is pronounced as 'wàng' (wang4). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Appears In

王 also appears in:
国宝玉莹璧玺钰滢帼蝈珏掴璺腘鈺之现主理全王住程望往注球环皇弄玩狂玛珠驻珍泛瑞润乏呈勤柱玻玲汪璃谨璇玑框芝碧旺琼煌玫惶眨琳凰瑰贬珊逛琐瑜瑶枉琢栓琉珀瑛琪瑚拴逞眶匡璋蝗琦琛噩筐瑙顼琅痊珂诠荃珑瑾璐琏瑕珥璞蛀瓒玷徵徨闰璜拄隍觐琥馑诳琨珞琬璨瑁璀铨郢砭醛锃湟诓哐遑玮珈玖琊槿琰瑭珩琮炷珐玳珲堇裎璎玢鄞玎瑷篁鳇窆璩筌瑗珉珙玟麈琚聽廑酲謹璁埕珧聖膶锽跓鞓鰉脭疰鐵菫覂詮軉筭絟辁艎藢邼飳駐蘁鵟蓳迋硂砫閏讍銓頊驖註鳿葟

Example Words

Common

国王 (國王)
女王 
王力宏 
王子 
王菲 
王道 

Uncommon

君王 
大王 
天王 
帝王 
猴王 
王八 
王八蛋 
王冠 
王国 (王國)
王妃 
王小波 
王府 
王府井 
王心凌 
王朝 
王牌 
王老吉 
白马王子 (白馬王子)
阎王 (閻王)
霸王 
霸王别姬 (霸王別姬)
魔王 
龙王 (龍王)

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侯

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Previous (袁)Next (抖)
  • 1754th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 22 words
  • Component in 12 characters

Decomposition

1Once
侯→
亻No glyph available
2Radical
侯→
亻humanNo glyph available矢arrow
3Graphical
侯→
㇒丨匚丿一人一

Pinyin & Meaning

1. hóu (Hou2)surname Hou
2. hóu (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

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

侯 also appears in:
喉猴糇缑篌堠睺瘊餱翭緱葔

Example Words

Common

武侯区 (武侯區)
诸侯 (諸侯)

Uncommon

侯爵 
侯马 (侯馬)
武侯 
武侯祠 
王侯 
闽侯 (閩侯)
闽侯县 (閩侯縣)

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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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