候 — kanji meaning “climate”
候
climate, season, weather, wait for, expect
- Meanings
- climate, season, weather, wait for, expect
- On'yomi
- コウ (kou)
- Kun'yomi
- そうろう
- Strokes
- 10
- School grade
- 4
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #510 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 9
- Chinese reading
- hòu — Chinese character page
Words with 候
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 候補 | こうほ kouho | candidate; contender; prospect |
| 立候補 | りっこうほ rikkouho | candidacy; standing as a candidate; bidding (to host an event, e.g. the Olympics) |
| 気候 | きこう kikou | climate |
| 天候 | てんこう tenkou | weather |
| 兆候 | ちょうこう choukou | sign; indication; omen |
| 症候群 | しょうこうぐん shoukougun | syndrome |
| 悪天候 | あくてんこう akutenkou | bad weather |
| 居候 | いそうろう isourou | lodger who pays nothing for room and board; freeloader; sponger |
| 測候所 | そっこうじょ sokkoujo | weather measurement station |
| 症候 | しょうこう shoukou | symptom |
| 時候 | じこう jikou | season; time of the year |
| 立候補者 | りっこうほしゃ rikkouhosha | candidate (for an election) |
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