Meta:

  1. 候 is the 341st most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 36 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> No glyph available, No glyph available
Radical :
=> (human), (line), No glyph available, (arrow)
Graphical :
=> , , , , 丿, , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. hou4 - to wait/to inquire after/to watch/season/climate/(old) period of five days

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

时候 (時候)

Medium Frequency

伺候 
问候 (問候)
守候 
小时候 (小時候)
有时候 (有時候)
有的时候 (有的時候)
等候 

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Meta:

  1. 补 is the 942nd most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 61 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (clothes), (divination)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. bu3 - to repair/to patch/to mend/to make up for/to fill (a vacancy)/to supplement

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 补 (bu3): The component 卜 is pronounced as 'bu3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 补 (bu3): The component 卜 is pronounced as 'bo5'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

弥补 (彌補)
 ()
补充 (補充)
补课 (補課)

Medium Frequency

互补 (互補)
修补 (修補)
候补 (候補)
填补 (填補)
恶补 (惡補)
于事无补 (於事無補)
替补 (替補)
滋补 (滋補)
补丁 (補丁)
补偿 (補償)
补助 (補助)
补品 (補品)
补救 (補救)
补数 (補數)
补牙 (補牙)
补发 (補發)
补益 (補益)
补票 (補票)
补给 (補給)
补习 (補習)
补考 (補考)
补药 (補藥)
补血 (補血)
补贴 (補貼)
Decomposition Levels:
Level 1: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.