後

後 — behind, back, later

JLPT: JLPT N5
Strokes: 9
Taught in: School year 2
Frequency: #26 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: ご go

こう kou
Kun'yomi: のち nochi

うし.ろ ushi.ro

うしろ ushiro

あと ato

おく.れる oku.reru

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 後

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