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候 hòu — “time, moment”

How to write and say the Chinese character 候 (hòu), which means time, moment — with stroke order, audio, its story, and an example sentence. Theme: Time & days.

Stroke order笔顺

候 is written with 10 strokes, in this order (the red stroke is the one being added):

The story behind it字源小故事

亻 (person) hints at the meaning, and 矦 lends its sound — together they make 候.

A common word常用词

Example sentence例句

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