# 候 U+5019 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5019

A Chinese character meaning “wait; expect; visit; greet”, read hòu in Mandarin.

| | |
|---|---|
| Character | `候` |
| Codepoint | U+5019 |
| Name | CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5019 |
| Block | [CJK Unified Ideographs](https://unicodekit.com/block/cjk-unified-ideographs) |
| Script | Han |
| Category | Other Letter (Lo) |
| Unicode version | 1.1 |
| HTML | `候` `候` |
| CSS | `\5019` |
| JavaScript | `\u5019` |
| UTF-8 | E5 80 99 |
| UTF-16 | 5019 |
| Definition | wait; expect; visit; greet |
| Mandarin | hòu |
| Cantonese | hau6 |
| Japanese | KOU SOUROU UKAGAU SABURAU |
| Korean | HWU |

## Related characters

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- 倗 [U+5017 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5017](https://unicodekit.com/char/5017)
- 倛 [U+501B CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-501B](https://unicodekit.com/char/501B)
- 倖 [U+5016 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5016](https://unicodekit.com/char/5016)
- 倜 [U+501C CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-501C](https://unicodekit.com/char/501C)
- 倕 [U+5015 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5015](https://unicodekit.com/char/5015)
- 倝 [U+501D CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-501D](https://unicodekit.com/char/501D)
- 倔 [U+5014 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5014](https://unicodekit.com/char/5014)
- 倞 [U+501E CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-501E](https://unicodekit.com/char/501E)
- 倓 [U+5013 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5013](https://unicodekit.com/char/5013)
- 借 [U+501F CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-501F](https://unicodekit.com/char/501F)

Page: https://unicodekit.com/char/5019 · JSON: https://unicodekit.com/characters/5019