Character: 候
Modern (Beijing) reading: hòu
Preclassic Old Chinese: ghōʔs
Classic Old Chinese: ghōh
Western Han Chinese: ɣōh
Eastern Han Chinese: ɣōh
Early Postclassic Chinese: ɣṑ
Middle Postclassic Chinese: ɣṑ
Late Postclassic Chinese: ɣṑ
Middle Chinese: ɣʌ̀w
English meaning : to wait, serve
Russian meaning[s]: 1) ждать, выжидать; 2) осведомляться; навещать; 3) выведывать, разведывать; 4) время, период; сезон; сезонный; 5) погода; климат; 6) состояние, положение; 7) счет (кредит); 8) крепостца, см. 堠
Comments: Probably the same word as 後 (in its 去聲 reading) q.v. Viet. hâu is colloquial; standard Sino-Viet. is hậu.
Radical: 9
Four-angle index: 5044
Karlgren code: 0113 e
Vietnamese reading: hâu
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