後 (hòu)
back / behind / after / later
How 後 is written
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 彳 — step
- Traditional
- 後
- Simplified
- 后
Components
- 彳 step
- 幺 short/tiny
- 夂 go
Common words using 後
- 之後 zhīhòu
- afterwards; following; later
- 以後 yǐhòu
- after; later; afterwards
- 後悔 hòuhuǐ
- to regret; to repent
- 最後 zuìhòu
- final; last; finally
- 然後 ránhòu
- after; then (afterwards); after that
- 事後 shìhòu
- after the event; in hindsight; in retrospect
- 今後 jīnhòu
- hereafter; henceforth; in the future
- 先後 xiānhòu
- early or late; priority; in succession
- 前後 qiánhòu
- around; from beginning to end; all around
- 午後 wǔhòu
- afternoon
- 幕後 mùhòu
- behind the scenes
- 往後 wǎnghòu
- from now on; in the future; time to come
後 in a sentence
吃完飯後，我們去夜市逛逛吧。
Chī wán fàn hòu, wǒmen qù yèshì guàngguang ba.
“After eating, let's go stroll around the night market.”
How common is 後?
後 is the 48th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 30% of all running text.
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