Jisho

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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

9 strokes
Radical:
eye
Parts:
Variants:
prefecture
Kun:
か.ける
On:
ケン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
140 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 県 【ケン】 prefecture (of Japan), county (of China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.), department (of France), province (of Italy, Spain, etc.)
  • 県営 【ケンエイ】 (under) prefectural management
  • 都道府県 【トドウフケン】 prefectures (of Japan), largest administrative divisions of Japan: Tokyo-to, Osaka-fu, Kyoto-fu, Hokkaido and the remaining prefectures
  • 同県 【ドウケン】 the same prefecture, the said prefecture

Readings

Japanese names:
あがた、 がた
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xian4
Korean:
hyeon

Spanish

  • prefectura

Portuguese

  • Condado
  • prefeitura (região)

French

  • préfecture
  • département
203 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
291 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
273 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
195 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1362 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
381 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
226 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1252 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
194 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
194 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
336 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1380 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3269 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1687 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2294 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
126 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
23210P Morohashi
2641 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3918 New Nelson (John Haig)
513 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
552 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
326 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1241 2001 Kanji
3n6.3 The Kanji Dictionary
2-6-3 SKIP code
3-4-5 SKIP code
2-5-4 SKIP code
2690.1 Four corner code
1-24-09 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
770c Unicode hex code