Kanji
侯
N1
9 strokes
Grade 8
freq #2363
marquis, lord, daimyo
On'yomi (音読み)
コウ
On'yomi compounds (音読み)
侯爵
こうしゃく
marquis; marquess
王侯
おうこう
the king and his feudal lords
侯
こう
marquis; second highest rank of the five ranks of nobility
藩侯
はんこう
feudal lord; daimyo
選帝侯
せんていこう
prince-elector
侯串
ごうぐし
wooden target holder (in archery)
公侯伯子男
こうこうはくしだん
duke, marquis, count, viscount and baron (five ranks of nobility in Japan; 1869-1947)
土侯国
どこうこく
native state (of pre-independence India); princely state
仙台侯
せんだいこう
Lord of Sendai
列侯
れっこう
many daimyo
Kun'yomi words (訓読み)
王侯将相いずくんぞ種あらんや
おうこうしょうしょういずくんぞしゅあらんや
high status does not depend on birth; every man can achieve great power if he exerts himself