Onyomi: コウ · Kunyomi: そうろう · Meanings: climate, expect, season, wait for, weather
Kanji for climate, expect, season, wait for, weather
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候 is formed from ⺅, meaning “person,” and 侯, which originally showed someone watching from a raised place. A person standing and observing carefully was associated with watching conditions and waiting. Such careful observation was especially important when watching the sky and environment. From this idea, 候 came to mean to wait for, to watch, or conditions such as weather.
候 shows a person carefully watching and waiting for conditions.
Picture a person standing still, watching the sky and waiting for the right moment. That act of waiting and observing is 候.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 候 | こう | season, weather | Noun |
| 候 | そろ | to be | Auxiliary |
| 候ふ | そうろう | to serve (by a superior's side) | Yodan verb with 'hu/fu' ending (archaic), Intransitive verb |
| 候補 | こうほ | candidate, contender, prospect, pick, choice, list | common JLPT-N3 Noun |
| 候補者 | こうほしゃ | candidate, applicant | common Noun |
| 候補地 | こうほち | proposed site, site chosen | Noun |
| 候補者名簿 | こうほしゃめいぼ | list of candidates, slate, list of nominees | Noun |
| 候補生 | こうほせい | cadet | Noun |
| 候補化合物 | こうほかごうぶつ | (pharmaceutical) candidate compound | Noun |
| 候文 | そうろうぶん | epistolary style using the auxiliary "sōrō" in place of "aru" | Noun |