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後
U+5F8C
Seal script
Jinwen
Jiaguwen
Jianbo		后
Simplified character		𢔏
Semantic variant		𨒥
Semantic variant

Radical:彳+ 6 strokes = 9 strokes total.
References:Guangyun: p.325#13 p.437#35 Kangxi: p.366#18 Cihai: p.511r2c01 GSR: 115.a Hanyu: v2,p0822#03
Composition:Component of: 𠷴 𢖕 𢖖 䵈
Mandarin:hòu ㄏㄡˋ
Cantonese:hau6
Tang reconstruction:*hǒu hòu
Shuowen:《彳部》後：遲也。从彳、幺、夊者，後也。
Guangyun:《廣韻·上聲·厚·厚》後：先後。《說文》遟也。又胡豆切。
《廣韻·去聲·𠋫·𠋫》後：方言云先後猶娣姒。
Kangxi:《康熙字典·彳部·六》後：〔古文〕𨒥𢔏《唐韻》《正韻》胡口切《集韻》《韻會》很口切，𠀤音厚。《說文》遲也。从彳幺夂者，後也。《徐鍇曰》幺，猶𦌾躓之也。《玉篇》前後也。《廣韻》先後也。《詩·小雅》不自我先，不自我後。又後嗣也。《禮·哀公問》子也者，親之後也。《書·蔡仲之命》垂憲乃後。《左傳·桓二年》臧孫達其有後于魯乎。又《集韻》亦姓。又《韻會》然後，語辭。又《廣韻》胡遘切《集韻》下遘切《韻會》《正韻》胡茂切，𠀤厚去聲。《增韻》此後於人，不敢先而後之，先此而後彼之後也。《老子·道德經》自後者，人先之。《論語》事君敬其事，而後其食。又《詩·大雅》予曰有先後。《傳》相導前後曰先後。又《廣雅》娣姒，先後也。《前漢·郊祀志》神君者，長陵女子，以乳死，見神於先後宛若。《註》兄弟妻相謂曰先後，古謂之娣。今關中俗呼爲先後，吳楚呼爲妯娌。又叶後五切，胡上聲。《揚雄·趙充國圖畫頌》在漢中興，充國作武。赳赳桓桓，亦紹厥後。
Fanqie:胡口 (《廣韻·上聲·厚·厚》) 胡豆 (《廣韻·上聲·厚·厚》) 胡遘 (《廣韻·去聲·𠋫·𠋫》)
Unihan definition:behind, rear, after; descendents

CTP Dictionary


後
hòu ㄏㄡˋ (1.1): 位置在後，與「前」相對。 Behind, to the rear of.
《論語·子罕》:瞻之在前，忽焉在後。
I looked at them before me, and suddenly they seemed to be behind.
hòu ㄏㄡˋ (1.2): 落在後面。 To be left behind.
《論語·先進》:子畏於匡，顏淵後
The Master was put in fear in Kuang and Yan Yuan fell behind.
《韓非子·喻老》:趙襄主學御於王子期，俄而與於期逐，三易馬而三後
《呂氏春秋·勸學》:孔子畏於匡，顏淵後，孔子曰：「吾以汝為死矣。」
hòu ㄏㄡˋ (2.1): 時間較晚，與「先」、「前」相對。 Later in time.
《墨子·經上》:故，所得而後成也。
The gu (reason/cause) of something is what it must get before it will come about.
《戰國策·楚攻雍氏》:故王不如速解周恐，彼前得罪而後得解，必厚事王矣。
《後漢書》:後王莽秉權，休去官歸家。
hòu ㄏㄡˋ (2.2): 將來，未來。 Future.
hòu ㄏㄡˋ (3): 後代，子孫。 Descendents, offspring.
《孟子·離婁上》:孟子曰：「不孝有三，無後為大。」
Mencius said, 'There are three things which are unfilial, and to have no posterity is the greatest of them.'
《漢書》:閩粵王無諸及粵東海王搖，其先皆粵王句踐之後也，姓騶氏。
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