• 48th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 298 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. hòu (hou4)back • behind • rear • afterwards • after • later

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words

Common

之后 (之後)
今后 (今後)
以后 (以後)
后来 (後來)
后悔 (後悔)
后面 (後面)
最后 (最後)
然后 (然後)

Uncommon

事后 (事後)
先后 (先後)
前后 (前後)
午后 (午後)
幕后 (幕後)
往后 (往後)
后世 (後世)
后人 (後人)
后代 (後代)
后台 (後台)
后天 (後天)
后宫 (後宮)
后年 (後年)
后期 (後期)
后果 (後果)
后续 (後續)
后者 (後者)
后卫 (後衛)
后退 (後退)
后遗症 (後遺症)
后边 (後邊)
后门 (後門)
日后 (日後)
死而后已 (死而後已)
稍后 (稍後)
背后 (背後)
落后 (落後)
观后感 (觀後感)
身后 (身後)
过后 (過後)
酒后 (酒後)
随后 (隨後)

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  • 1393rd most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 18 words
  • Component in 5 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. dùn (dun4)shield

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

矛盾 

Uncommon

后盾 (後盾)
盾牌 

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.