Kanji1 / 9
侯 kanji
marquis, lord, daimyo
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- Secondary school
On readings
コウ
Kun readings
NoneVariant forms
矦Words with 侯
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —侯Popularmarquis; second highest rank of the five ranks of nobility; daimyo
- —侯爵Popularmarquis; marquess
- —王侯Popularthe king and his feudal lords
- —侯国marquisate; marquessate; principality
- —侯伯nobles; feudal lords
- —公侯princes and marquises; great feudal lords
- —諸侯feudal lords; barons; princes
- —藩侯feudal lord; daimyo
- —土侯local ruler
- —列侯many daimyo
- —侯串wooden target holder (in archery)
- —仙台侯Lord of Sendai
- —土侯国native state (of pre-independence India); princely state
- —選帝侯prince-elector
- —侯爵夫人marchioness
- —三百諸侯all daimyo
- —王侯貴族royalty and titled nobility
- —公侯伯子男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high status does not depend on birth; every man can achieve great power if he exerts himself
- —侯補candidate; contender; prospect; pick; choice; list; candidacy; candidature; nomination