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Variants
Phonetic
Semantic
Apparent
矢 人 厂 ⿰⺅⿱矢
Mandarin
hou2, hou4
English
Definitions
marquis; lord; target in archery
Mnemonic
A person 人 chosen by a cliff-hanging 厂 archery 矢 contest
Etymology
Notes
Originally an arrow 矢 shooting towards a corner 1014-6 – later written as cliff 厂; following this person 人 was added on top; finally the left side was distorted into person radical 人