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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

  • 后きさきNoun
    empress (consort), queen (consort)
  • 皇后こうごうNoun
    empress (consort)
  • 皇太后こうたいごうNoun
    Empress Dowager, Queen Mother
  • 三后さんこうNoun
    Grand Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager and the Empress Consort
  • 午后ごごNoun
    afternoon, p.m.
  • 后妃こうひNoun
    empress, queen
  • 后宮こうぐうNoun
    empress's palace, queen's palace
  • 后町きさきまちNoun
    women's pavilion (of the inner Heian palace)

Practice in Kanjiru

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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)