Radical
Strokes
10
Residual strokes
8
Mandarin
hòu
Teochew

Glyph

Radical
Residual strokes
8 strokes
Strokes
10 strokes
Mandarin
hòu

Definitions by reading

hao7
Mandarin equivalent hòu
Regional readings
19th-century Fucheng hao7 Chaoyang hao7 Chenghai hao7 Jieyang hao7 Raoping hao7 Shantou hao7
①等待:候车
②看望:问候
③时节:气候
潮汕十八音字典(杨扬发) - 2001

GuangyunPhonological reconstruction

1
匣母 一等 口 侯韵 去声 胡遘切
Reconstruction:
Original

伺候,又姓,周禮有候人,其後氏焉,胡遘切,十五。