Chinese Character 后 Meanings and components.

Form

后

Meaning

后 meaning[3] in English

Surname Hou.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 后 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are (⺁) , and (𠮛)

Its radical[1] is: 口 (kou3) which means: Mouth, Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc), Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls, .口kou3mouth

In cangjie it is written with HMR

How to write 后

To write后hou4surname Hou you should write a combination of ⺁⺁ , 𠮛𠮛5 arranged in a 吕 shape:

⺁ + 𠮛 = 后

后 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 后 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 后, looks as follow:

后
Pinyin:hou4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Hou
⺁
Pinyin:⺁
𠮛
Pinyin:𠮛5 Shape:吕
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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