hòu

behind; after; later

Character data

Radical ⼝ (30.3)
Strokes 6
TRADITIONAL ,
SIMPLIFIED

Definitions

后 hòu
  1. 1. behind
  2. 2. after
  3. 3. later
  4. 4. afterwards
  5. 5. back
  6. 6. rear
  7. 7. post-
  8. 8. empress
  9. 9. queen
  10. 10. surname Hou
  11. 11. ruler
  12. 12. (archaic) monarch

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Words containing 后

Word Meaning
taillight
Later Yan of the Sixteen Kingdoms (384-409)
postmodernism
the animal kingdom; metazoa
the younger generations will surpass us in time
afterdeck
Later Qin of the Sixteen Kingdoms (384-417)
backend (computing)
no one to carry on one’s work; no successor
to place after (e.g. in grammar); postposition
postmodifier (grammar)
postposition; word placed after; suffix
back wing (of insect)
backward somersault
hind legs
postproduction
Ming sequel novel to Journey to the West
hindsight
meta- (prefix) (Tw)
metacognition (Tw)
metadata (Tw)
postoperative examination
post-lexical access
Later Zhao of the Sixteen Kingdoms (319-350)