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候

JLPT N3 SL4 10 strokes Frequency: #510

Meanings

Climate, Season, Weather, Wait For, Expect

Radicals

亻

Decomposition

⿰亻矦

Etymology

Pictophonetic: person

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 10

Stroke Order

1 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left

2 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

3 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

4 corner left-to-right

5 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

6 diagonal right-to-left

7 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

8 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

9 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left

10 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

コウ kou

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

そうろう sourou

Words Using This Kanji

230 words total

Other (20 words)

季候きこう

season

居候いそうろう

lodger who pays nothing for room and board

candidate

bird of passage

proposed site

epistolary style using the auxiliary "sōrō" in place of "aru"

season

cadet

candidate

official candidate

official candidate

waiting upon (someone)

手根管症候群しゅこんかんしょうこうぐん

carpal tunnel syndrome

syndrome

symptom

scout

reconnoitering party

reconnoitering party

all candidates

climate

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