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后

后 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. うしろ、後方。
  2. （周代以前）王侯。
  3. きさき。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

不詳。様々な説が提唱されているが、どれも明確ではない。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

empress, queen, after, behind, back, later

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • コウElem.
  • ゴ
Kun (native)
  • きさき
Other languages
  • 拼音hou4
  • 한글hu
  • Hán-ViệtHậu

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
6 strokes
Radical
口(くち)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+540E

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): enclosure ⿸𠂆𠮛

Words using this kanji

  • 后きさき(きさい) 皇后。中宮。 (きさき) 天皇の配偶者。皇后。中宮。また、女御などで天皇の母となった人。律令制では特に称号の第一とされた。 (きさき) 王侯の妻。empress (consort), queen (consort)
  • 后きさい(きさい) 皇后。中宮。 (きさき) 天皇の配偶者。皇后。中宮。また、女御などで天皇の母となった人。律令制では特に称号の第一とされた。 (きさき) 王侯の妻。empress (consort), queen (consort)
  • 后宮こうぐう皇后の御殿。empress's palace, queen's palace, empress, queen
  • 后町きさきまちwomen's pavilion (of the inner Heian palace)

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(19 results)

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Lookup codes

SKIP
3-2-4
Four Corner
7226.1
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3d3.11
Heisig
2005
Nelson
181