候 means “climate, season”

こう · kou

Also: weather, wait for

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

そうろう

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

コウ

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The story

Picture a person (亻) beside an archer's arrow (矢), watching the sky before the shot. 候 is weather and season: 気候 is climate, and Japanese letters open with 時候の挨拶, a line about the season.

Used in 気候 (kikou, climate), 天候 (tenkou, weather), and 候補 (kouho, candidate)

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.