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候

Unicode: U+5019

Pinyin: hòu

Definition

* 等待。 等～。～车室。～选人。守～。～补。～场。～审。～诊。 * 看望，问好。 伺～。问～。 * 时节。 时～。气～。～鸟。～虫。 * 事物在变化中的情状。 火～儿。症～。 * 古代把五天称为"一候"，现气象学上仍沿用。 ～温（每五天的平均温度）

wait; expect; visit; greet

Structure

候 graph

Related substructures

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Precursors

Small Seal Script
Standardized 221–206 BCE (Qin); developed earlier in Qin
The standardized seal script promulgated after Qin’s unification, based on earlier Qin seal forms and used as an empire-wide norm.Wikipedia ->
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Clerical Script
c. 300 BCE–220 CE (emerged late Warring States/Qin; dominant Han)
A practical script that evolved from late Warring States/Qin writing; it matured and became dominant in the Han dynasty, favoring faster, more rectilinear strokes.Wikipedia ->
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Transmitted Pre-Qin Forms
Pre-Qin forms (≤221 BCE) / late 2nd century BCE onward (Han → later textual transmission)
Pre-Qin character forms preserved through later textual transmission (often discussed as the 'Old Text' / guwen tradition). Shaped by repeated copying, they can diverge from excavated Warring States materials.Wikipedia ->
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Last Modified: 2026-01-29 11:48 UTC