Kanji
後
kanji character
behind
back
later
後 kanji-後 behind, back, later
後
Meaning
behind back and later
Readings
Kun'yomi
- のち に later on
- のち ほど later on
- のち ぞい one's second wife
- うしろ むき back-facing
- うしろ すがた (a person's) appearance from behind
- うしろ ゆび criticizing someone behind their back
- あと まわし putting off
- あと がき afterword
- あと もどり going backward
- おくれる
On'yomi
- ご ご afternoon
- こん ご from now on
- さい ご end
- こう はん second half
- こう えん support
- こう てんてき acquired (e.g. characteristic)
Practice Writing
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Common Words
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後 rear, back, behind -
後 半 second half, latter half -
午 後 afternoon, p.m. -
今 後 from now on, hereafter -
最 後 end, conclusion, last... -
戦 後 postwar period, period after Second World War -
後 援 support, backing -
直 後 immediately following -
後 らすto delay, to postpone, to slow down... -
後 ろback, behind, rear -
後 天 的 acquired (e.g. characteristic), learned (e.g. behaviour), a posteriori -
後 期 latter period, second half, late stage... -
後 輩 junior (at work, school, etc.)... -
後 方 rear, back, behind -
後 者 the latter, the second, successor... -
後 れdelay, lag, postponement... -
以 後 after this, from now on, hereafter... -
已 後 after this, from now on, hereafter... -
前 後 front and rear, front and back, before and behind -
老 後 old age -
後 継 heir, inheritor, successor -
後 退 retreat, falling back, moving backwards... -
後 任 successor -
明 後 日 day after tomorrow, wrong (e.g. direction) -
後 悔 regret, repentance, remorse -
明 々後 日 in three days' time, two days after tomorrow -
後 回 しputting off, postponing -
後 向 きback-facing, backwards, backward-looking... -
後 書 afterword, postscript -
後 れるto be late, to be delayed, to fall behind schedule...