The Chinese Radical: 侯


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Meaning
marquis, nobleman    侯

Explanation

Used in these characters:
HSK 1
wait, later, season, expect, visit, weather
hòu
In the middle vertically: stick 丨, left and right: marquis 侯 (The person 人 to whom another person ⺈ with an arrow 矢 bows down, is a marquis.) - Here: ユ as variation of: work, craft 工
When a person takes a stick 丨 to craft/carve 工 it into an arrow, you need to wait (until a later season).  
HSK 5
monkey
hóu
Left: wild animal 犭 (dog on the hind legs), right: marquis 侯 (The person 人 to whom another person ⺈ with an arrow 矢 bows down, is a marquis.)
A wild animal acting like a marquis is: the monkey.  
HSK 6
throat, larynx
hóu
Left: mouth 口, right: marquis 侯 (The person 人 to whom another person ⺈ with an arrow 矢 bows down, is a marquis.)
Also the mouth of a marquis ends in a throat.  
no HSK
marquis, nobleman or high official
hóu
Left: person 人, right: 矦 (var. of bent person ⺈ and arrow 矢)
The person to whom another person with an arrow bows, is: a marquis.  

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