后

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empress; queen; (archaic) monarch; ruler

6 strokes Dict coverage rank #118 U+540E

components: 口 ? unknown part

behind · Heisig RSH #659

drag + ceiling + 口 mouth

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Characters built with 后 as their sound component

These characters all use 后 (hòu) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
后 sound component	hòu	after; behind, rear; descendants
垢	gòu	dirt, filth, stains; dirty; disgraceful
诟	gòu	to abuse, to scold; to berate, to insult
逅	hòu	to meet unexpectedly

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
大后天	dà hòu tiān	three days from now
后天性	hòu tiān xìng	acquired (characteristic etc)
后生动物	hòu shēng dòng wù	metazoa; the animal kingdom
后人	hòu rén	later generation
后头	hòu tou	behind; the back; the rear; later; afterwards; (in) the future
后学	hòu xué	junior scholar or pupil in imperial China
后心	hòu xīn	middle of the back
后生	hòu shēng	young generation; youth; young man
后儿	hòu r	the day after tomorrow
无后	wú hòu	(literary) to have no descendants; to have no son to continue one's lineage
天后	Tiān hòu	Tin Hau, Empress of Heaven, another name for the goddess Matsu 媽祖\|妈祖[Ma1 zu3]; Tin Hau (Ho…
后天	hòu tiān	the day after tomorrow; life after birth (the period in which one develops through experie…
尔后	ěr hòu	henceforth; thereafter; subsequently
后海	Hòu hǎi	Houhai, a lake and the area surrounding it in central Beijing
有后	yǒu hòu	to have a descendant; to have a son to continue one's lineage
后金	Hòu Jīn	Later Jin dynasty (from 1616-); Manchu Khanate or kingdom that took over as Qing dynasty i…
后手	hòu shǒu	defensive position (in chess); room for maneuver; a way of escape
后面	hòu mian	the back; the rear; the last bit; behind; near the end; at the back; later; afterwards
大后年	dà hòu nián	three years from now; year after year after next year
开后门	kāi hòu mén	to open the back door; fig. under the counter; to do a secret or dishonest deal; to let st…