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瘊

hóu

Character

What 瘊 means

1. wart

Words starting with 瘊

• 瘊子hóu ziwart

Characters built on 侯

These share the phonetic component 侯 (hóu), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 猴hóumonkey
• 喉hóuthroat; larynx
• 缑gōurope attached to a sword hilt; (archaic) hilt; sword
• 堠hòumounds for beacons
• 篌hóuused in 箜篌
• 糇hóudry provisions

Sounds the same

Read hóu, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 猴monkey
• 喉throat; larynx
• 侯marquis, second of the five orders of ancient Chinese nobility 五等爵位; nobleman…
• 骺(anatomy) epiphysis
• 篌used in 箜篌
• 睺(appears as phonetic ho, especially in words taken from Sanskrit); half-blind (archaic)
• 𬭤metal arrowhead
• 鯸blowfish
• 糇dry provisions
• 矦old variant of 侯