侯

侯
hóu = h + ou2
surname Hou
侯
hóu = h + ou2
marquis, second of the five orders of ancient Chinese nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] / nobleman or high official
侯 = 亻 + 矢 : The marquis and Rosa Luxemburg are throwing darts at a curling stone (which resembles the strokes above 失 and is held up by Hamlet) in the outhouse's kitchen. Since the curling stone is made of granite, there is no chance that one dart will ever stick to it.
侯
hóu = h + ou2
marquis, second of the five orders of ancient Chinese nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] / nobleman; high official

侯 character breakdown

亻
rén = r + (e)n2
"person" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 9)
亻 = 丿 + 丨 : Mnemonic symbol: Rosa Luxemburg. She's quite radical, and her name starts with "r", just like "ren2". Also, 亻appears at the left-hand side of characters, and Rosa is a leftist as well.

Robinson Crusoe (r) and Rosa Luxemburg (亻) are having their favorite snacks in the encampment's kitchen: Rosa is eating a banana (丿) and Robinson is eating a dinosaur bone (丨).
矢
shǐ = sh + Ø3
arrow / dart / straight / to vow / to swear / old variant of 屎[shi3]
矢 = 𠂉 + 大 : Sherlock Holmes and the robot are playing darts in the space station. Sherlock Holmes is a sore loser and thus programmed the robot to throw keys instead of real darts.

Characters with 侯 as component

候
hòu = h + ou4
to wait / to inquire after / to watch / season / climate / (old) period of five days
候 = 亻 + 侯 : The marquis and Rosa Luxemburg are exhausted and want to use the outhouse's bathroom. Unfortunately Hamlet is still busy caring for his wounds, so they have to wait until he is finished. They watch all the time and inquire again and again when they will be able to use the bathroom.
喉
hóu = h + ou2
throat / larynx
喉 = 侯 + 口 : The marquis (侯) gets a mandarin (口) stuck in his throat (喉) in the outhouse (ou2), but fortunately Hamlet (h) quickly performs the Heimlich maneuver on him.
猴
hóu = h + ou2
monkey / CL:隻|只[zhi1]
猴 = 侯 + 犭 : Hamlet (h) and a monkey (猴) are watching a huge portrait of the marquis (侯) holding a dachshund (犭) on his lap in the outhouse's kitchen (ou2). Hamlet recognizes the murderer of his father in him an shakes his fist at him, while the monkey mocks him by making funny faces and sticking out his tongue.
睺
hóu = h + ou2
(appears as phonetic ho, especially in words taken from Sanskrit) / half-blind (archaic)
缑
緱
go̅u = g + ou1
rope attached to a sword hilt / (archaic) hilt / sword
缑
緱
go̅u = g + ou1
surname Gou / Gou Mountain in Henan
堠
hòu = h + ou4
mounds for beacons
篌
hóu = h + ou2
(mus. instr.)
瘊
hóu = h + ou2
wart
鄇
hòu = h + ou4
place name

Words with 侯

侯
爵
marquis
侯
侯
赛
賽
因
因
Husain or Hussein (name) / Hussein (c. 626-680), Muslim leader whose martyrdom is commemorated at Ashura / Saddam Hussein al Tikriti (1937-2006), dictator of Iraq 1979-2003
侯
侯
门
門
noble house
侯
侯
马
馬
市
市
Houma, county-level city in Linfen 臨汾|临汾[Lin2 fen2], Shanxi
列
侯
duke (old) / nobleman / gentry
胜
勝
者
者
王
王
侯
侯
败
敗
者
者
寇
寇
the winners become princes and marquises; the losers are vilified as bandits (idiom) / history is written by the victors
侯
侯
门
門
似
似
海
海
lit. the gate of a noble house is like the sea (idiom) / fig. there is a wide gap between the nobility and the common people
侯
侯
景
景
之
之
乱
亂
rebellion against Liang of the Southern Dynasties 南朝梁 in 548
侯
侯
门
門
似
似
海
海
lit. the gate of a noble house is like the sea / there is a wide gap between the nobility and the common people (idiom)
侯
侯
马
馬
Houma, county-level city in Linfen 臨汾|临汾[Lin2 fen2], Shanxi

Sentences with 侯

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