Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 4

JLPT level: N3

510 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 10

Meaning: climate, season, weather, wait for, expect

Kunyomi: そうろう

Onyomi: コウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: にんべん

Meaning: man, human

Strokes: 2

Examples

Examples with audio

補者(こうほしゃ)   candidate, applicant

(きこう)   climate

(じこう)   season, time of the year

(てんこう)   weather

(ちょうこう)   sign, indication, omen, symptom

補する(りっこうほする)   announce candidacy

文(そうろうぶん)   writing in old epistolary style

(いそうろう)   someone living rent-free

Onyomi Examples

コウ season, weather

コウホ candidate, contender, prospect, pick, choice, list, candidacy, candidature, nomination

ジコウ season, time of the year

ショウコウ symptoms

Kunyomi Examples

そうろう to serve (by a superior's side), to be, to do

そうろうあいだ as ...

書き かきそうろう (have the honor, honour) to write

御入り おんいりそうろう to go, to come, to be