climate · season

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 候 appears in words about climate or time; its on-reading is こう.
• Basic usage: 気候(きこう) means a region's climate; 候補(こうほ) is a person or option under consideration.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Range of candidates
  • 旅行先の候補 means possible travel destinations. 候補 applies to places and plans as well as people who may be selected.
• Distinguishing 侯
  • It resembles 侯 in 侯爵(こうしゃく). 候 has ten strokes, with one more vertical stroke than the nine-stroke 侯.