Meanings
behind, back, later
Radicals
Decomposition
⿰彳⿱幺夂
Etymology
Ideographic: One step 彳 coming behind another 夂; 幺 provides the pronunciation
Writing Practice
Stroke Order
Used in compound words
Alternative reading
Afterwards
With okurigana
After
Rare
Words Using This Kanji
526 words totalsecond half of extra time (in soccer)
placental stage (of labour)
postnasal drip
prognostication
taking the afternoon off
spirit (hiding behind one's back)
conservatorship
back of a collar
hindmost
decoration on the back of a helmet
posthypnotic suggestion
foramen magnum
after work
new mother
successor
planning for the future
subsequent process
to be forestalled
convalescence after childbirth
to lose one's common sense (e.g. in excitement or intoxication)