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篌

hóu

Character

What 篌 means

1. used in {箜篌|kōng hóu}

Words containing 篌

• 箜篌kōng hóukonghou (Chinese harp)

Characters built on 竹

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

• 筹chóuchip (in gambling); token (for counting); ticket; to prepare; to plan; to raise (funds)…
• 篝gōubamboo frame for drying clothes; bamboo cage
• 篓lǒubasket
• 笱gǒubasket for trapping fish
• 筘kòu(a measure of width of cloth)
• 篼dōubamboo, rattan or wicker basket; sedan chair for mountain use (Cantonese)

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
• 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