1. 往
  2. 後

往

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Meta:

  1. 往 is the 369th most frequent character.
  2. 往 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 往 appears as a character in 41 words.
  4. 往 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
往 => 彳, 主
Radical :
往 => 彳 (step), 王 (jade), 丶 (dot)
Graphical :
往 => ㇒, 丨, 一, 一, 丨, 一, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. wang3 - to go (in a direction)/to/towards/(of a train) bound for/past/previous

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 往 (wang3): The component 王 is pronounced as 'wang2'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 往 (wang3): The component 王 is pronounced as 'wang4'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

往 
往事 
往往 

Medium Frequency

一如既往 
交往 
以往 
前往 
向往 (嚮往)
往来 (往來)
往前 
往外 
往常 
往年 
往后 (往後)
往日 
往返 
通往 
过往 (過往)
开往 (開往)

後

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Meta:

  1. 後 is the 48th most frequent character.
  2. 後 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 後 appears as a character in 167 words.
  4. 後 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
後 => 彳, No glyph available
Radical :
後 => 彳 (step), 幺 (short/tiny), 夂 (go)
Graphical :
後 => ㇒, 丨, ㇛, 丶, ㇇, ㇏, ㇒

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. hou4 - back/behind/rear/afterwards/after/later

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

之后 (之後)
以后 (以後)
后 (後)
后悔 (後悔)
最后 (最後)
然后 (然後)

Medium Frequency

事后 (事後)
今后 (今後)
先后 (先後)
前后 (前後)
午后 (午後)
幕后 (幕後)
往后 (往後)
后代 (後代)
后来 (後來)
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)
后台 (後臺)
后卫 (後衛)
后退 (後退)
后遗症 (後遺症)
后面 (後面)
日后 (日後)
背后 (背後)
落后 (落後)
身后 (身後)
过后 (過後)
酒后 (酒後)
随后 (隨後)
Decomposition Levels:
Level 1: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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