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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

あと (14 words)

to retreat

last month

stepping back

focal point of a lens behind the subject

後入れ先出しリストあといれさきだしリスト

pushdown list

後だしジャンケンあとだしじゃんけん

waiting to see one's opponent's move

後々あとあと

future

後出しあとだし

waiting to see one's opponent's move before doing anything (e.g. as a disallowed act in rock, paper, scissors)

to leave behind

pusher (in a mine)

before or since

afterwards

after

to be inverted (of the order of something)

うし (3 words)

後ろ前うしろまえ

backwards

後ろカゴうしろカゴ

rear basket (e.g. on a bicycle)

後ろもたれうしろもたれ

backward lean out

のち (3 words)

後の月見のちのつきみ

moon-viewing on the 13th day of the 9th lunar month

後にのちに

later on

後ジテのちじて

protagonist (in the second half of a play)

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