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Variants
Phonetic
Semantic
Apparent
侯 人 ⿰⺅⿰丨⿱矢
Mandarin
hou4
English
Definitions
wait; expect; greet; visit
Mnemonic
A person 人 waiting like the target 侯 waits for the arrow
Etymology
Notes
This is 侯 with a redundant person radical 人