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侯 Hou — a top-100 surname
80.1 / 100 overall fit
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| Pinyin | Hou |
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| Strokes | 9 |
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| Commonness | a top-100 surname |
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| Type | single-character |
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Where the surname comes from
A surname meaning 'marquis', from the ancient state of Hou, noble families.
What the character means
Marquis, honorable, dignified
Why it scores this way
Easy to say96
Reads the way it looks for an English speaker — no sounds English doesn't have.
Recognised in China67
Common enough that most Chinese speakers recognise it (roughly the top 100).
Easy to write75
9 strokes — a little practice and it flows.
People who carried this name
- Hou Baolin — Master of xiangsheng (Chinese comic dialogue) (1917–1993), a national treasure.
- Hou Hsiao-hsien — Taiwanese film director, key figure of Taiwan New Cinema, known for 'A City of Sadness' and 'The Assassin'.
- Hou Debang — Chinese chemical engineer, inventor of Hou's process for soda ash production, pioneer of China's chemical industry.
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