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候hòu命mìng

  1. to await orders; to be on call

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Japanese data from JMdict, JMnedict, KANJIDIC2, and RADKFILE/KRADFILE (EDRDG). Chinese from CC-CEDICT. French and English from English Wiktionary via Wiktextract. Example sentences from Tatoeba. Stroke diagrams from KanjiVG. JLPT levels follow Jonathan Waller's lists. Full credits on the data and licences page.

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2
候
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

to wait, to inquire after, to watch, season, climate, (old) period of five days

Pinyin
hòu
Strokes
10
Frequency
17903 of 2500
Words starting with 候Words ending in 候Anywhere in a word
命
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

life, fate, order or command, to assign a name, title etc

Pinyin
mìng
Strokes
8
Frequency
1561 of 2500
Words starting with 命Words ending in 命Anywhere in a word