候 (hòu): meaning and stroke order
候 (hòu) means to wait, to inquire after, to watch, season, climate, (old) period of five days.
候
- Simplified
- 候
- Traditional
- 候 (same form)
- Pinyin
- hòu
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Stroke order of 候
候
- hòu to wait; to inquire after
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Meaning of 候
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hòu
- to wait
- to inquire after
- to watch
- season
- climate
- (old) period of five days
Radical and structure
- 候
- Radical 人 (Kangxi radical 9) · 10 strokes
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
Words with 候
- 时候 shí hou time; length of time
- 火候 huǒ hou heat control; (fig.) mastery
- 小时候 xiǎo shí hou in one's childhood
- 有时候 yǒu shí hou sometimes
- 气候 qì hòu (meteorology) climate; (fig.) climate; prevailing conditions (in human affairs)
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).