hòu

battlements

Components
土 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

earth

earth

侯 sound component

  Sound component

hóu

  

marquis

Evolution

堠 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

hòu

battlements, battlemented walls; mounds for beacons