Definitions
surname Hou; place name
Etymology
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郈 is a phono-semantic compound in which the phonetic 后 (left) indicates the pronunciation, and the radical 阝 (right, meaning 'city' or 'settlement') identifies it as a place name. It refers to an ancient location in present-day Shandong province. The character has always functioned as a strict geographical designation, appearing only in classical records, historical maps, and genealogical texts, and it has no extended or general lexical uses.
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