Chinese Character 後 Meanings and components.

Form

後

Meaning

後 meaning[3] in English

Back.

Behind.

Rear.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 後 can be seen as a composition of 3 main shapes where their meanings are step with the … (彳) , surname Yao (幺) , and 'walk slowly' component … (夂)

Its radical[1] is: 彳 (chi4) which means: Step With The Left Foot (Kangxi Radical 60), See Also 彳亍[Chi4 Chu4], .彳chi4step with …

In cangjie it is written with HOVIE

How to write 後

To write後hou4back you should write a combination of 彳chi4step with … , 幺yao1surname Yao 夂zhi3'walk slowly' … arranged in a 吅 shape:

彳 + 幺 + 夂 = 後

後 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

後
Pinyin:hou4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Back . Behind . Rear . Afterwards . After . Later . Post-
彳
Pinyin:chi4
Meaning[3]: Step With The Left Foot (Kangxi Radical 60) . See Also 彳亍[Chi4 Chu4]
幺
Pinyin:yao1
Meaning[3]: Surname Yao
夂
Pinyin:zhi3
Meaning[3]: 'Walk Slowly' Component In Chinese Characters . See Also 冬字頭|冬字头[Dong1 Zi4 Tou2]

Notes

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

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

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