U+4FAF "侯" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
侯
U+4FAF "侯" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that traditionally means "marquis" or "nobleman," representing a high-ranking feudal title in ancient East Asian societies, particularly in China, Japan, and Korea. It is composed of the radical "亻" (person) and the phonetic component "侯," and its historical usage often appears in classical texts to denote a lord or a ruler of a small territory, as well as in compound words and surnames. In modern contexts, it retains this noble connotation while also being used in names and formal writing across CJK (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) languages.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+4FAF |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| Block | CJK Unified Ideographs |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 侯 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 侯 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE4 0xBE 0xAF |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x4FAF |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00004FAF |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u4faf |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | AB4A |
| kCCCII | 21315A |
| kCNS1986 | 1-4F6C |
| kCNS1992 | 1-4F6C |
| kCangjie | ONMK |
| kCantonese | hau4 |
| kCihaiT | 104.306 |
| kCowles | 1009 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0218.200 |
| kDefinition | marquis, lord; target in archery |
| kEACC | 21315A |
| kFanqie | 戶鉤 |
| kFenn | 478F |
| kFennIndex | 157.05 |
| kFourCornerCode | 2723.4 |
| kGB0 | 2678 |
| kGB1 | 2678 |
| kGSR | 0113a |
| kHangul | 후:0E |
| kHanYu | 10167.010 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 10167.010:hóu,hòu |
| kHKGlyph | 0149 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0218.200 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10167.010 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0103.070 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-3A6E |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-AB4A |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-3874 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-F4E1 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-7D25 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-4F6C |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-4B42 |
| kJapanese | コウ ゴ |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kTGH | 2013:1576 |
| kJapaneseKun | MATO KIMI |
| kJapaneseOn | KOU |
| kJis0 | 2484 |
| kKangXi | 0103.070 |
| kKorean | HWU |
| kLau | 1148 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 0186 |
| kMandarin | hóu |
| kMatthews | 2135 |
| kMeyerWempe | 683 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ006729 |
| kMorohashi | 00633 |
| kNelson | 0443 |
| kPhonetic | 446 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+1960+9.2.7 |
| kRSUnicode | 9.7 |
| kSBGY | 212.05 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 29.14 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | hóu粵hau4 hòu粵hau6 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 0186 |
| kTang | *hou hou |
| kTGHZ2013 | 138.170:hóu 139.110:hòu |
| kTotalStrokes | 9 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | hậu |
| kXerox | 255:104 |
| kXHC1983 | 0466.160:hóu 0467.060:hòu |