Kanji N3

候: climate, season, weather

候 is a JLPT N3 kanji meaning climate, season, weather, written with 10 strokes. It is read コウ (on) and そうろう (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 4. You will see it in 候補 (こうほ, candidate) and 気候 (きこう, climate).

候

Meanings

  • climate
  • season
  • weather
  • wait for
  • expect
Strokes10
JLPT levelN3
School gradeGrade 4
Frequency#510 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • コウ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • そうろう

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

Watch the stroke order

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Your turn: draw stroke 1 of 10. Start at the dot.

Common words with 候

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 候補こうほ

    candidate; contender; prospect; pick; choice

    JLPT N3
  • 気候きこう

    climate

    JLPT N3
  • 天候てんこう

    weather

    JLPT N3
  • 立候補りっこうほ

    candidacy; standing as a candidate

  • 兆候ちょうこう

    sign; indication; omen; symptom

  • 悪天候あくてんこう

    bad weather

  • 測候所そっこうじょ

    weather measurement station

  • 症候群しょうこうぐん

    syndrome

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.