ChiramiN5 kanji · 9 strokes
後 means behind, after
彳 walking · 幺 tiny · 夂 dragging feet
後Memory trick
Walking (彳) with tiny (幺), dragging steps (夂): you end up behind.
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Meaning and readings
- Meanings
- behind, back, later
- JLPT level
- N5
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- Grade 2 in Japan
Japanese (kunyomi) のち nochi
のち (nochi) is the Japanese word for this kanji. You use it when the kanji stands alone or has kana after it. Dictionaries call this the kun reading.
Other Japanese readings: うしろ ushiro, あと ato, おくれる okureru
From Chinese (onyomi) ゴ go
ゴ (go) came from Chinese with the character. You mostly hear it in words made of several kanji. Dictionaries call this the on reading.
Other readings from Chinese: コウ kou
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Common word
後ろ うしろ · ushiro
back, behind
Built from
Tap a part to see the N5 and N4 kanji that use it.
彳 Used in 30 kanji
See all 3 at N5 and N4幺 Used in 88 kanji
See all 3 at N5 and N4夂 Used in 47 kanji
See all 4 at N5 and N4Quick check
What does 後 mean?
Right: 後 means behind, after.Not quite: 後 means behind, after.In 後ろ, which reading does 後 use?
Right. 後ろ is read うしろ (ushiro): 後 takes うし, its Japanese reading, with ろ after it.Not quite. 後ろ is read うしろ (ushiro): 後 takes うし, its Japanese reading, with ろ after it.