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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 後

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
后 hòu - back
- behind
- rear
- afterwards
- after
- later
- post-

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 3,654 3,339 1,055

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

⿰ 彳 ⿱ 幺 夂

Radical:

彳

Type:

Ideographic

Hint:

One step 彳 coming behind another 夂; 幺 provides the pronunciation

Other Words Containing 後

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo