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候
Climate, Sign
そうろう (sourou)
JLPT N3
Interesting Fact
候 is commonly used in words like 天候 (weather), 気候 (climate), and 候補 (candidate). In old Japanese letters, 候う (そうろう) was a polite verb meaning 'to be.'
Memory Trick
Imagine looking up at the sky for signs of changing weather before leaving home. Those signs of the climate remind you of 候.
Readings
Onyomi: コウ (kou)
Kunyomi: そうろう (sourou)
Example Words
天候
てんこう (tenkou)
Weather
気候
きこう (kikou)
Climate
候補
こうほ (kouho)
Candidate
時候
じこう (jikou)
Season, time of year
Example Sentence
今日は天候が不安定です。
きょう は てんこう が ふあんてい です。
kyou wa tenkou ga fuantei desu
The weather is unstable today.