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睺

hóu

Character

What 睺 means

1. (appears as phonetic ho, especially in words taken from Sanskrit)
2. half-blind (archaic)

Words containing 睺

• 罗睺luó hóuthe intersection of the Moon's orbit with the ecliptic in Vedic astronomy (Sanskrit rahu)
• 摩睺罗伽Mó hóu luó jiāMahoraga, snake's headed Indian deity; a protector deity of Buddhist law

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
• 瘊wart
• 篌used in 箜篌
• 𬭤metal arrowhead
• 鯸blowfish
• 糇dry provisions
• 矦old variant of 侯

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• How characters are built from components.
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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read hóu correctly.
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