JLPT N3 kanji · Chapter 34

候 kanji: meaning, readings and stroke order

climate; season; archaic polite auxiliary

On
コウkou
Kun
そうろうsourou うかがうukagau まつmatsu さぶらうsaburau

Onreadings from Chinese, in katakanaKunJapanese readings, in hiraganaOn’yomi vs Kun’yomi

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候10 strokes

How to write 候: stroke order

候 has 10 strokes. Each step adds the next stroke in red, with a dot where it starts. Tap the large character above to watch it written again.

候 stroke order diagram with numbered strokes
The stroke order of 候 in one diagram: each number marks where its stroke starts.

Kanji stroke order: The 10 rules, with animated examples

Stroke order data: KanjiVG by Ulrich Apel and contributors (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Parts of 候

The parts 候 is built from, each highlighted where it sits. Parts that are kanji themselves link to their own page.

  • 亻 (人)

    person

    Radical

  • 丨

  • 矢

    arrow

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JLPT N3 kanji · Chapter 34