Back off!
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后
Traditional: 後
hòu
HSK 3.0 · 1
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hòu · hau6 (Jyutping)
- empress
- queen
- (archaic) monarch
- ruler
- back
- behind
- rear
- afterwards
- after
- later
- post-
- surname Hou
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Character breakdown
后
Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3. Make Me a Hanzi · LGPL 3+. Interactive stroke order is available in the study tools.
Example sentences
Stand back!
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