U+5019 "候" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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U+5019 "候" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "to wait" or "to await," and it also conveys the concepts of "weather" or "season" when used in compound words like "時候" meaning "time" or "氣候" meaning "climate." Historically, it originates from ancient Chinese scripts, where it depicted a person standing on a lookout, reflecting its core meaning of observing or waiting for something. In modern usage, this character is frequently employed in both everyday language and formal contexts, such as in the word "候選人" meaning candidate, and it is an essential component in expressing temporal and climatic conditions in East Asian languages.
General Properties
Code Point
U+5019
Name
CJK Unified Ideograph-#
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
候
HTML Hex Encoding
候
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE5 0x80 0x99
UTF-16 Encoding
0x5019
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00005019
C/C++/Java Escape
\u5019
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Han
Unihan Properties
kBigFive
ADD4
kCCCII
213225
kCNS1986
1-5437
kCNS1992
1-5437
kCangjie
OLNK
kCantonese
hau6
kCihaiT
113.203
kCowles
1015
kDaeJaweon
0229.150
kDefinition
wait; expect; visit; greet
kEACC
213225
kFenn
478A
kFennIndex
157.11
kFourCornerCode
2723.4
kGB0
2682
kGB1
2682
kGradeLevel
1
kGSR
0113e
kHangul
후:0E
kHanYu
10178.050
kHanyuPinlu
hou(2060) hòu(300)
kHanyuPinyin
10178.050:hòu
kHKGlyph
0190
kIICore
AGTJHKMP
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
10178.050
kIRG_GSource
G0-3A72
kIRG_HSource
HB1-ADD4
kIRG_JSource
J0-3875
kIRG_KPSource
KP0-F4E2
kIRG_KSource
K0-7D26
kIRG_TSource
T1-5437
kIRG_VSource
V1-4B5E
kJapanese
コウ ゴ そうろう うかがう まつ さぶらう
kJoyoKanji
2010
kKoreanEducationHanja
2007
kTGH
2013:1964
kJapaneseKun
SOUROU UKAGAU SABURAU
kJapaneseOn
KOU
kJis0
2485
kKangXi
0108.040
kKarlgren
79
kKorean
HWU
kMainlandTelegraph
0230
kMandarin
hòu
kMatthews
2136
kMeyerWempe
687
kMojiJoho
MJ006843
kMorohashi
00775
kNelson
0481
kPhonetic
446
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+1961+9.2.8
kRSUnicode
9.8
kSMSZD2003Index
33.07 466.14
kSMSZD2003Readings
hòu粵hau6
kTaiwanTelegraph
0230
kTang
*hòu
kTGHZ2013
139.140:hòu
kTotalStrokes
10
kUnihanCore2020
GHJKMPT
kVietnamese
hầu
kXerox
241:310
kXHC1983
0467.080:hòu