Hou (title)

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Hou (Chinese: 后; pinyin: Hòu) was a title for an ancient Chinese ruler, equivalent to King/Queen or Emperor/Empress. The Chinese character Hou (后) is an ideogrammic compounds, in oracle bone script it is written the same as Si (司, means "to rule") as the combination of mouth (口) and hand (手). Hou usually refers to female rulers in oracle bone script. In Xia Dynasty, the title for Kings of Xia were Hou, for example the expression Xia Hou Shi (夏后氏) means King of Xia, and the contemporary leader Houyi. Kings of Shang Dynasty had their own title Wang, and Hou turned to refer to the Queen, the wife of the King. This may reflect the fact that rulers were female in ancient times. rdf:langString
Hou (en chino, 后; pinyin, Hòu) es un título de los gobernantes de la antigua China que equivalía a Rey/Reina o Emperador/Emperatriz. rdf:langString
后,是中國商朝以前君王稱號;商朝以後,轉為東亞漢字文化圈內多國君王正配的稱號,即皇后。 rdf:langString
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rdf:langString Hou (Chinese: 后; pinyin: Hòu) was a title for an ancient Chinese ruler, equivalent to King/Queen or Emperor/Empress. The Chinese character Hou (后) is an ideogrammic compounds, in oracle bone script it is written the same as Si (司, means "to rule") as the combination of mouth (口) and hand (手). Hou usually refers to female rulers in oracle bone script. In Xia Dynasty, the title for Kings of Xia were Hou, for example the expression Xia Hou Shi (夏后氏) means King of Xia, and the contemporary leader Houyi. Kings of Shang Dynasty had their own title Wang, and Hou turned to refer to the Queen, the wife of the King. This may reflect the fact that rulers were female in ancient times.
rdf:langString Hou (en chino, 后; pinyin, Hòu) es un título de los gobernantes de la antigua China que equivalía a Rey/Reina o Emperador/Emperatriz.
rdf:langString 后,是中國商朝以前君王稱號;商朝以後,轉為東亞漢字文化圈內多國君王正配的稱號,即皇后。
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