Chinese Character 候 Meanings and components.

Form

Meaning

候 meaning[3] in English

To Wait.

To Inquire After.

To Watch.

Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'person' radical in … (亻) , and surname Hou (侯)

Its radical[1] is: (ren2) which means: Man, Person, People, Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4], .ren2man

In cangjie it is written with OLNK

How to write 候

To writehou4to wait you should write a combination of ren2'person' radical … , hou2surname Hou arranged in a shape:

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候 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 候 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of , looks as follow:

Pinyin:hou4 Shape:
Meaning[3]: To Wait . To Inquire After . To Watch . Season . Climate . (Old) Period Of Five Days

Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: 'Person' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 9)

Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]

Pinyin:hou2 Shape:
Meaning[3]: Surname Hou

Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: 'Person' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 9)

Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]

2
Pinyin:2

Pinyin:shi3
Meaning[3]: Arrow . Dart . Straight . To Vow . To Swear . Old Variant Of 屎[Shi3]

𠂉
Pinyin:𠂉5 Shape:+

丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]

Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit

Pinyin:da4
Meaning[3]: Big . Huge . Large . Major . Great . Wide . Deep . Older (Than) . Oldest . Eldest . Greatly . Very Much . (Dialect) Father . Father'S Elder Or Younger Brother

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: section shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: hànChinese Character

  • Wiktionary Page for 候in English or Chinese