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厚

hòu

thick, strong flavor

Depicts a jug of wine (𣆪) that has been aging in a cave (厂), thus having a strong flavor.

Components
厂 iconic component

厂  Iconic component

hǎn, chǎng

  

cliff, (roof)

Depicts a cave in a cliff.

𣆪 iconic component

𣆪  Iconic component

hòu

  

a type of container

Evolution

厚 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
厚 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
厚 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
厚 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
厚 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

厚  

hòu

thick; substantial; greatly; deep or profound; kind; generous; rich or strong in flavor; to favor; to stress

Most common words with 厚
Freq.
Word
Meaning

厚

thick

丰厚

generous

深厚

deep

厚道

generous

厚度

thickness

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*Cə.[g]ˤ(r)oʔ

huwX

hòu

thick


Statistics

HSK level 4

Appears in 12.8464% of movies

1926th most common character in movies

1235th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Unicode

U+539A

Shuowen

“厚，山陵之厚也。从，从厂。垕，古文厚，从后、土。”


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