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Kanji Detail for 後 - "after, behind, successor"

後

  • Meaning

    後 means "after, behind, successor."

    1. After - Later in time; future; later.

    2. Successor - Heir; descendant.

    3. Behind - In position; at the back.

    4. To be late - To fall behind; to be delayed.

    5. Rear - Back part; behind.

  • Words using 後

    • 今後 こんご Listen from now on; hereafter
    • 戦後 せんご Listen postwar period; period after Second World War
    • 最後 さいご Listen end; conclusion; last
    • 後半 こうはん Listen second half; latter half
    • 直後 ちょくご Listen immediately following
    • 後援 こうえん Listen support; backing
    • 後任 こうにん Listen successor
    • 後継 こうけい Listen succession; successor

  • Four-character idioms with 後

    • 後生大事 ごしょうだいじ Listen with religious zeal; with utmost devotion; take great care of
    • 事後承諾 じごしょうだく Listen ex-post-facto approval
    • 先憂後楽 せんゆうこうらく Listen worrying before one's people worry, enjoying oneself only after one's people have enjoyed themselves (a precept to be observed by a ruler)
    • 前後不覚 ぜんごふかく Listen unconsciousness; having no recollection of one's actions
    • 前後矛盾 ぜんごむじゅん Listen self-contradiction; self-inconsistency
    • 前虎後狼 ぜんここうろう Listen one calamity followed close on the heels of another; out of the frying pan into the fire

  • Tattoo check: 後

    • Verified meaning: after, behind, successor
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read あと, うしろ, ご, こう)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 後

    Surnames 後(あと)Listen 後(うしろ)Listen 後(ご)Listen 後(こう)Listen 後(しとり)Listen 後(たかご)Listen 後(のち)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    behind; back; later

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    behind, rear, after; descendents

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later; post-

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    after; behind, rear; descendants

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    A lowly position. 前後 refers to location. 先後 refers to time. | Descendants. (Mencius) "Of the three unfilial acts, having no heir is the greatest." | A particle. Such as 然後, 而後. | To lag behind someone is 後. | Putting this before that is also 後. Not timely is called 後時.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    go(ゴ) ゴ

    koh(コウ) コウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    ato(あと) あと

    nochi(のち) のち

    oku.reru(おく-れる) おく-れる

    ushiro(うしろ) うしろ

  • Strokes

    tip

    9 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    彳 (gyonimben)

  • Related Keywords

    after behind successor other to be late later rear back subsequent following future next last descendant heir remainder

Sentences including 後

  • He was in the habit of taking a walk after supper.

  • He will reach kyoto the day after tomorrow.

  • I watched the game from beginning to end.

  • I will finish it by tomorrow afternoon.

  • Are you busy on sunday afternoon?

  • After dinner , i did my homework.

  • What do you want to do in the afternoon?

  • It took her all afternoon to finish the work.

  • Let's play baseball after school.

  • Well , see you later.

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