Character Contained In References Comments
Simplified Traditional Ancient forms Archaic forms
後 traditional formhandwritten form

Variants
Phonetic
Semantic
Apparent
后 彳 夊 幺 ⿰彳⿱幺夊
Mandarin
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English
Definitions
after; behind; later; queen; rear; afterwards; back; empress; surname; descendents; post-
Mnemonic
To take a step 彳 and drag 夊 a trailing thread 幺 behind
Etymology
Notes
Original form of this character was nearly identical to early form of 退