hòu
thick, strong flavor
Depicts a jug of wine (𣆪) that has been aging in a cave (厂), thus having a strong flavor.
Components
Evolution
Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze script
Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
hòu
thick; substantial; greatly; deep or profound; kind; generous; rich or strong in flavor; to favor; to stress
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