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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》后：迟也。从彳、幺、夊者，后也。
Guangyun:《广韵·上声·厚·厚》后：先后。《说文》遟也。又胡豆切。
《广韵·去声·𠋫·𠋫》后：方言云先后犹娣姒。
Kangxi:《康熙字典·彳部·六》后：〔古文〕𨒥𢔏《唐韵》《正韵》胡口切《集韵》《韵会》很口切，𠀤音厚。《说文》迟也。从彳幺夂者，后也。《徐锴曰》幺，犹𦌾踬之也。《玉篇》前后也。《广韵》先后也。《诗·小雅》不自我先，不自我后。又后嗣也。《礼·哀公问》子也者，亲之后也。《书·蔡仲之命》垂宪乃后。《左传·桓二年》臧孙达其有后于鲁乎。又《集韵》亦姓。又《韵会》然后，语辞。又《广韵》胡遘切《集韵》下遘切《韵会》《正韵》胡茂切，𠀤厚去声。《增韵》此后于人，不敢先而后之，先此而后彼之后也。《老子·道德经》自后者，人先之。《论语》事君敬其事，而后其食。又《诗·大雅》予曰有先后。《传》相导前后曰先后。又《广雅》娣姒，先后也。《前汉·郊祀志》神君者，长陵女子，以乳死，见神于先后宛若。《注》兄弟妻相谓曰先后，古谓之娣。今关中俗呼爲先后，吴楚呼爲妯娌。又叶后五切，胡上声。《扬雄·赵充国图画颂》在汉中兴，充国作武。赳赳桓桓，亦绍厥后。
Fanqie:胡口 (《广韵·上声·厚·厚》) 胡豆 (《广韵·上声·厚·厚》) 胡遘 (《广韵·去声·𠋫·𠋫》)
Unihan definition:behind, rear, after; descendents

CTP Dictionary


后
hòu ㄏㄡˋ (1.1): 位置在后，与“前”相对。 Behind, to the rear of.
《论语·子罕》:瞻之在前，忽焉在后。
I looked at them before me, and suddenly they seemed to be behind.
hòu ㄏㄡˋ (1.2): 落在后面。 To be left behind.
《论语·先进》:子畏于匡，颜渊后
The Master was put in fear in Kuang and Yan Yuan fell behind.
《韩非子·喻老》:赵襄主学御于王子期，俄而与于期逐，三易马而三后
《吕氏春秋·劝学》:孔子畏于匡，颜渊后，孔子曰：“吾以汝为死矣。”
hòu ㄏㄡˋ (2.1): 时间较晚，与“先”、“前”相对。 Later in time.
《墨子·经上》:故，所得而后成也。
The gu (reason/cause) of something is what it must get before it will come about.
《战国策·楚攻雍氏》:故王不如速解周恐，彼前得罪而后得解，必厚事王矣。
《后汉书》:后王莽秉权，休去官归家。
hòu ㄏㄡˋ (2.2): 将来，未来。 Future.
hòu ㄏㄡˋ (3): 后代，子孙。 Descendents, offspring.
《孟子·离娄上》:孟子曰：“不孝有三，无后为大。”
Mencius said, 'There are three things which are unfilial, and to have no posterity is the greatest of them.'
《汉书》:闽粤王无诸及粤东海王摇，其先皆粤王句践之后也，姓驺氏。
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