hòu

Radical: 亻 pictophonetic

Components & Etymology

候 decomposes into the following components:

Semantic component: ; phonetic component: .

Words containing 候

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 候.

伺候
cì hou
侍候
shì hòu
俟候
sì hòu
候乘
hòu chéng
候任
hòu rèn
候命
hòu mìng
候场
hòu chǎng
候审
hòu shěn
候缺
hòu quē
候虫
hòu chóng
候补
hòu bǔ
候诊
hòu zhěn

Related characters (radical 亻)

Characters that share the radical .

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