The kanji 后: meaning, readings and stroke order

后

Meaning: empress
On reading: コウ kou
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 6
Radical: 口 mouth, opening
Level: Level 6 · grade 6

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: hoàng hậu (hậu)
Japanese: てんのうのおくさん。きさき。
Korean: 황후, 왕비 (후)
Chinese: 皇后

Readings, words and example sentences

コウ kou · on reading

皇こう后ごう
empress
皇こう后ごうさまのお話を聞きました。
I heard the Empress speak.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.