Memory phrase for the character: 候

候

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Meaning wait, later, season, expect, visit, weather

Pronunciation

hòu

Explanation

In the middle vertically: stick 丨, left and right: marquis 侯 (The person 人 to whom another person ⺈ with an arrow 矢 bows down, is a marquis.) - Here: ユ as variation of: work, craft 工

Mnemonic
 
When a person takes a stick 丨 to craft/carve 工 it into an arrow, you need to wait (until a later season).

Radicals

侯 marquis, nobleman
亻 personThis radical is understood as an identical variant of "person" 人, and shows a person who stands with the legs apart. - This radical has several variation, i.e. a lying person , a sitting 匕 person.
矢 arrowAn arrow ノ flies in the sky 天.
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 Vocabulary

时候 shí hou  time; length of time; moment; period
气候 qì hòu  climate; atmosphere; situation
伺候 cì hòu  to serve; to act as a valet
腕隧道症候群 wàn suì dào zhèng hòu qún  carpal tunnel syndrome (pain in the hands due to pressure on the median nerve); median neuropathy at the wrist
俟候 sì hòu  to wait (literary)
俟候 sì hòu  

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