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后

N1

Stroke Order

Meanings

  • empress
  • queen
  • after
  • behind
  • back
  • later

On'yomi (音読み)

  • コウ
  • ゴ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

  • きさき
Strokes
6
JLPT Level
N1
Frequency
#1566
School Grade
Grade 6
Radical
口#30 · mouth

Components

Common Words

  • 皇后こうごうNounempress (consort)
  • 皇太后こうたいごうNounEmpress Dowager, Queen Mother
  • 后宮こうぐうNounempress's palace, queen's palace
  • 后町きさきまちNounwomen's pavilion (of the inner Heian palace)
  • 天后てんこうNounqueen of heaven
  • 母后ぼこうNounempress dowager
  • 太后たいこうNounempress dowager, queen mother
  • 王后おうこうNounqueen

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Data: KANJIDIC2, JMdict & KRADFILE (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0) · KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0) · kanji-frequency (CC BY 4.0)