侯

Glyph origin
– a target for arrows.

Etymology

 * "target" > "prince, marquis"
 * 's connection to archery is noted by, Theobald (2017), , etc. Goldin further relates it to , which Schuessler instead relates to.


 * proposes an etymology, comparing  to 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, & 🇨🇬.


 * When meaning "target > prince, marquis", possibly distinct from.


 * Its derivatives, from sense "target (n.) > to target (v.)", are &, both meaning "to watch" ; contra Lau (1999), who thinks sense "to watch" to be fundamental and "target; lord, marquis" to be derivatives..


 * "to be; to have"
 * . Compare 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬; compare also 🇨🇬.

Definitions

 * 1) marquis; lord
 * 2)  target
 * 3)  to be, to have
 * 1)  to be, to have
 * 1)  to be, to have

Descendants
Others:

Kanji

 * 1) marquis
 * 2) lord
 * 3) daimyo

Etymology
From.