候

hòu
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
When a person wants that a stick 丨 is crafted 工 into an arrow, he needs to wait (until a later season).

猴

hóu
Left: wild animal 犭 (dog on the hind legs), right: marquis 侯 (The person 人 to whom another person ⺈ with an arrow 矢 bows down, is a marquis.)
A wild animal acting like a marquis is: the monkey.

喉

hóu
Left: mouth 口, right: marquis 侯 (The person 人 to whom another person ⺈ with an arrow 矢 bows down, is a marquis.)
Also the mouth of a marquis ends in a throat.

侯

hóu
Left: person 人, right: 矦 (var. of bent person ⺈ and arrow 矢)
The person to whom another person with an arrow bows, is: a marquis.