候 – climate, season, weather

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The kanji 候 means climate, season, weather, wait for, expect. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is コウ (kou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is そうろう (sourou). It is written with 10 strokes, under radical 人 (no. 9).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	コウ	kou
Kun’yomi	そうろう	sourou

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 人 (Kangxi radical 9). Components: ｜・化・矢・ユ・乞.

Words using 候

気候きこうclimate候補こうほcandidate天候てんこうweather

Example sentences

その国は気候が温和だ。

That country has a mild climate.

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スミス氏は市長候補である。

Mr Smith is a candidate for mayor.

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それはすべて天候に依存している。

It all depends on the weather.

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Kanji with the same radical

会人今代体作以保信件側任使係価住

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