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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 (20 words)

最後の貸し手さいごのかして

lender of last resort

真正後生動物しんせいこうせいどうぶつ

eumetazoa

真正後生動物亜界しんせいこうせいどうぶつあかい

Eumetazoa

後ろ言うしろごと

crying over spilt milk

事後確率じごかくりつ

posterior probability

後期高齢者医療制度こうきこうれいしゃいりょうせいど

latter-stage elderly healthcare system

one's second wife

after use

after use

after the good comes the bad

後任人事こうにんじんじ

appointment of successor

to succeed (someone)

cloudy after fine

adult ward

adult guardian

postponement

after graduation

last stand

unable to back out

ex post facto report

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