| 夏 |
Xià hóu | two-character surname Xiahou |
| 夏 |
Xià | the Xia or Hsia dynasty c. 2000 BC / Xia of the Sixteen Kingdoms (407-432) / surname Xia |
| 夏 |
xià | summer |
| 侯 |
Hóu | surname Hou |
| 侯 |
hóu | marquis, second of the five orders of ancient Chinese nobility 五等爵位 / nobleman; high official |
| 侯 |
hòu | used in 闽侯 (the name of a place in Fujian) |