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The kanji 後: meaning, readings and stroke order

後

Meaning
after, behind
On reading
ゴ go、コウ kou
Kun reading
のち nochi、うし(ろ) ushiro、あと ato、おく(れる) okureru
Strokes
9
Radical
彳 step
Level
Level 2 · grade 2

Stroke order

Stroke order of 後, 9 strokes: each box adds one stroke, the red one is the stroke being written

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese
sau, phía sau (hậu)
Japanese
うしろ。あと。
Korean
뒤, 나중 (후)
Chinese
后面、以后 (后)

Readings, words and example sentences

ゴ go · on reading

コウ kou · on reading

のち nochi · kun reading

うし(ろ) ushiro · kun reading

あと ato · kun reading

おく(れる) okureru · kun reading · less common

Practise writing 後 in the app

In Dino Kids your child writes 後 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 2 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.

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.