Hanja Analyzer
候

候 — hu

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
기후 후
Romanization
hu
English
wait; expect; visit; greet
Mandarin
hòu
Japanese on'yomi
コウ, ゴ
Japanese kun'yomi
そうろう
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 4
Newspaper frequency
#510 of 2,500
Strokes
10
Radical
人 (9, 8 residual)
Unicode
U+5019

How 候 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 候 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 人, 矦.

Korean example words with 候

  • 안후安候 Korean gloss: ‘안신’의 높임말
  • 문후問候 Korean gloss: 웃어른의 안부를 물음
  • 승후承候 Korean gloss: 웃어른께 문안을 드림
  • 증후證候 Korean gloss: 증거가 될 만한 기미
  • 징후徵候 Korean gloss: 겉으로 나타나는 낌새
  • 신후愼候 Korean gloss: 병중에 있는 웃어른의 안부
  • 대후待候 Korean gloss: 웃어른의 분부를 기다리는 일
  • 환후患候 Korean gloss: 웃어른의 병을 높여 이르는 말
  • 성후聖候 Korean gloss: 임금의 평안한 소식. 또는 임금 신체의 안위
  • 증후症候 Korean gloss: 병을 앓을 때 나타나는 여러 가지 상태나 모양
  • 절후節候 Korean gloss: 한 해를 스물넷으로 나눈, 계절의 표준이 되는 것
  • 후풍候風 Korean gloss: 배가 떠날 때에 순풍을 기다림. 또는 그때 부는 순풍

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 候

  • 候補こうほ candidate; contender; prospect
  • 立候補りっこうほ candidacy; standing as a candidate; bidding (to host an event, e.g. the Olympics)
  • 気候きこう climate
  • 天候てんこう weather
  • 兆候ちょうこう sign; indication; omen
  • 症候群しょうこうぐん syndrome
  • 悪天候あくてんこう bad weather
  • 測候所そっこうじょ weather measurement station
  • 居候いそうろう lodger who pays nothing for room and board; freeloader; sponger
  • 症候しょうこう symptom
  • 時候じこう season; time of the year
  • 候補者こうほしゃ candidate; applicant

Other hanja read “후”

Other hanja with radical 人

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