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后
Hòu
1. surname Hou
Very Common • Top 0% ✏️ 6 strokes Noun

Character Breakdown (Single character)

后
hòu
after; behind, rear; descendants
HSK 1 6 丶

Compound Words (20)

后座
hòuzuò
back seat
后撤
hòuchè
to pull back (an army)
后壁
Hòubì
Houpi township in Tainan county [[台南縣|台南县<Táinánxiàn>]], Taiwan
后年
hòunián
the year after next
后悔
hòuhuǐ
to regret
HSK 4
后摇
hòuyáo
post-rock (music genre)
后加
hòujiā
postposition (grammar)
后任
hòurèn
successor
后妈
hòumā
(coll.) stepmother
后宫
hòugōng
harem
后尘
hòuchén
lit. trailing dust
后怕
hòupà
lingering fear
后援
hòuyuán
reinforcement
后坐
hòuzuò
recoil (of a gun)
后事
hòushì
future events
后来
hòulái
afterwards
HSK 3
后人
hòurén
later generation
后代
hòudài
posterity
HSK 6
帝后
dìhòu
empress
后娘
hòuniáng
stepmother (coll.)

Alternate Entries

后
hòu
empress / queen
后
hòu
back / behind / rear / afterwards / after / later

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
1
Character Frequency Rank
47
Word Frequency Rank
227 of 84,292