Jisho

×

9 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
Variants:
marquis, lord, daimyo
On:
コウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2363 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 侯 【コウ】 marquis, second highest rank of the five ranks of nobility, daimyo
  • 候補 【コウホ】 candidate, contender, prospect, pick, choice, list, candidacy, candidature, nomination
  • 王侯 【オウコウ】 the king and his feudal lords
  • 仙台侯 【センダイコウ】 Lord of Sendai

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
hou2, hou4
Korean:
hu

Spanish

  • marqués
  • señor feudal
  • daimyo

Portuguese

  • marques
  • senhor
  • daimyo

French

  • marquis
  • seigneur
  • daimyo
1256 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
2014 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
443 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1479 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
777 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1924 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2107 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1876 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
95 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
109 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
74 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
79 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1654 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
633 Morohashi
98 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
211 New Nelson (John Haig)
1639 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1767 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1227 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2163 2001 Kanji
2a7.21 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-7 SKIP code
2723.4 Four corner code
1-24-84 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4faf Unicode hex code

7 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
chief, count, earl, uncle, Brazil
On:
ハク
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1741 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 伯 【ハク】 count, earl, chief official of the Department of Worship (under the ritsuryō system), Brazil
  • 伯爵 【ハクシャク】 count, earl
  • 画伯 【ガハク】 master painter, great artist, painter, artist
  • 医伯 【イハク】 doctor

Readings

Japanese names:
いき、 えき、 か、 き、 は、 ひろ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
bo2, bai3, ba4
Korean:
baeg, pae

Spanish

  • jefe
  • conde
  • hermano mayor
  • Brasil

Portuguese

  • chefe
  • conta
  • conde
  • tio
  • Brasil

French

  • chef
  • comte
  • oncle
  • Brésil
1694 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1671 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
397 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1679 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1041 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
363 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1176 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1234 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1877 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
83 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
67 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
40 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
43 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
976 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
466 Morohashi
59 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
158 New Nelson (John Haig)
967 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1041 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1097 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2178 2001 Kanji
2a5.7 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-5 SKIP code
2620.0 Four corner code
1-39-76 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4f2f Unicode hex code