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後

behind
Stroke count: 9

Readings

On readingゴ、コウ
Kun readingのち、うし.ろ、うしろ、あと、おく.れる
JōyōGrade 2

Popular Usage

後ろ午後最後後者今後以後後輩前後明後日後回し

Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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Nelson · column · going (行) · line · cocoon · walking legs (儿)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1479

Compound words

午後ごご
afternoon; p.m.
後ろうしろ
back; behind; rear
最後さいご
end; conclusion; last; final; latest
後者こうしゃ
the latter; the second; successor; descendant
今後こんご
from now on; hereafter
以後いご
after this; from now on; hereafter; thereafter; since (then)
後輩こうはい
junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student
前後ぜんご
front and rear; front and back; before and behind; back and forth; before and after
後回しあとまわし
putting off; postponing
明後日あさって
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
後援こうえん
support; backing
後悔こうかい
regret; repentance; remorse
後期こうき
latter period; second half; late stage; third trimester; second semester
後継こうけい
succession; successor
後見こうけん
guardianship; guardian; (theatrical) assistant; prompter
後妻ごさい
second wife
後手ごて
losing initiative; being forestalled; moving second; person with the second move; gote
後世こうせい
posterity; future generations; future life
後続こうぞく
succeeding; following; trailing; next
後退こうたい
retreat; falling back; moving backwards; reversing; backing up (of a vehicle)
後日ごじつ
in the future; another day; later
後任こうにん
successor
後発こうはつ
starting late; late departure
後半こうはん
second half; latter half

Stroke Order

9 strokes

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