| 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) |
marquis, lord, daimyo
- On:
- コウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2363 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
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
- Korean:
- hu
Spanish
- marqués
- señor feudal
- daimyo
Portuguese
- marques
- senhor
- daimyo
French
- marquis
- seigneur
- daimyo
| 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 |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
3 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 国益 【コクエキ】 national interest
- 国営 【コクエイ】 government management, state management
- 最恵国 【サイケイコク】 most favored nation, most favoured nation, MFN
- 異国 【イコク】 foreign country
Kun reading compounds
- 国 【くに】 country, state, region, national government, central government, home (i.e. hometown, home country), province (of Japan), land, earth
- 国人 【こくじん】 indigenous person, inhabitant of a country, local, native, local lords and samurai, daimyo who did not leave his domains to meet the shogun in Kyoto (during the Muromachi period)
- お国 【おくに】 your native country, your hometown, my home country (i.e. Japan), countryside, country, daimyo's territory (Edo period)
- 現国 【うつしくに】 world of mankind, this world
Readings
- Japanese names:
- くな、 こ
- Korean:
- gug
Spanish
- país
Portuguese
- País
- terra
- nação
French
- pays
| 79 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 136 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 123 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 8 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1037 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 111 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 36 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 745 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.11 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 40 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 40 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 151 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 344 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3831 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1964 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2659 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 588 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 4752 | Morohashi |
| 3087 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 950 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 581 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 624 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 4 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 158 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3172 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3s5.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-3-5 | SKIP code |
| 6010.3 | Four corner code |
| 1-25-81 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 56fd | Unicode hex code |