Kanji or kana in お待ちください


It's considered proper (though often ignored) to write ください in 待ってください and 下さい
in 赤いのを下さい, i.e. Kanji as a main verb and kana as an auxilliary. But a thought
came into my mind: in お待ちください, is it an auxilliary and thus ください, or is it
rather a main verb wanting the Kanji?

(Of course, using the kana would be correct in any context. I was just
wondering if お待ち下さい was correct.)




I think ください in お待ちください is an auxiliary verb, and thus should be written in
kana according to [the "proper
rule"](http://www5d.biglobe.ne.jp/Jusl/Bunsyo/BunKanjiH22.html). Few people
strictly obey this, as you know.

待っ and 待ち are both 連用形 (te-form) of 待つ, and 待っ is
[促音便](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/24033/5010) of 待ち. I've never seen
such an argument that one should use kana in 待ってください but kanji in お待ち下さい, or
kana in 来てください but kanji in お越し下さい.




I think ください in お待ちください is an auxiliary verb, and thus should be written in
kana according to [the "proper
rule"](http://www5d.biglobe.ne.jp/Jusl/Bunsyo/BunKanjiH22.html). Few people
strictly obey this, as you know.

待っ and 待ち are both 連用形 (te-form) of 待つ, and 待っ is
[促音便](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/24033/5010) of 待ち. I've never seen
such an argument that one should use kana in 待ってください but kanji in お待ち下さい, or
kana in 来てください but kanji in お越し下さい.

