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後

JLPT N5 SL2 9 strokes Frequency: #19

Meanings

behind, back, later

Radicals

彳

Decomposition

⿰彳⿱幺夂

Etymology

Ideographic: One step 彳 coming behind another 夂; 幺 provides the pronunciation

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 9

Stroke Order

1 diagonal right-to-left

2 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left

3 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

4 curve right-to-left

5 curve top-to-bottom

6 dot right-to-left

7 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left

8 corner top-to-bottom

9 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ゴ go

Used in compound words

コウ kou

Alternative reading

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

のち nochi

Afterwards

うし ushi

With okurigana

あと ato

After

おく oku

Rare

うしろ ushiro

Words Using This Kanji

526 words total

Other (18 words)

afternoon

second crop

descendant

hind leg

widow

post-impressionism

successor

straggling hair

prognostic symptoms

putting off

postscript

(the) latter

one after another

dowager

afternoon session

back-end

back of head

post-era

あと (1 words)

後であとで

later / afterwards

うし (1 words)

後ろうしろ

back

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