Read Edit View history 候 hòu HSK1 wait Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 矦 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas hou ×hòu × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint 亻 is a component form of 人. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 候 Simp strokes 候 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 候 Simp strokes 候 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 候 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 274, 791 ], [ 293, 777 ], [ 313, 744 ], [ 279, 659 ], [ 176, 472 ], [ 111, 381 ], [ 66, 335 ] ], [ [ 236, 523 ], [ 249, 473 ], [ 250, 369 ], [ 243, 226 ], [ 228, 97 ], [ 234, 32 ] ], [ [ 357, 533 ], [ 382, 503 ], [ 383, 377 ], [ 373, 258 ], [ 378, 215 ] ], [ [ 495, 730 ], [ 516, 726 ], [ 572, 734 ], [ 681, 763 ], [ 709, 759 ], [ 737, 732 ], [ 706, 658 ], [ 671, 629 ] ], [ [ 444, 579 ], [ 494, 580 ], [ 584, 598 ], [ 801, 626 ], [ 847, 622 ], [ 878, 612 ] ], [ [ 536, 570 ], [ 568, 538 ], [ 505, 418 ], [ 450, 355 ] ], [ [ 537, 426 ], [ 637, 440 ], [ 761, 474 ], [ 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