Hai Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Bone (gǔ) Character: hou Kangxi stroke count: 16 Page 1449, Entry 08 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced hou. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced hou. Sound is hou. The end of a bone. Jade Chapters (Yupian): Means the same as hou. Classified Chapters (Leipian): The end of a bone is called hou. Another definition is an arrowhead made of bone. Sometimes written in a variant form. Also, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced gou. The meaning is the same.