Read Edit View history Discussion 後 hòu HSK1 behind Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Depicts someone's foot (夂) being held back by a rope (幺), preventing them from being able to walk (彳) forward. Pinyin Separate values with commas Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 后 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint 彳 is a component form of 行. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 後 Simp strokes 後 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Depicts a rope. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 後 Simp strokes 後 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint 夂 is a component form of 止. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 後 Simp strokes 後 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 後 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 332, 789 ], [ 354, 748 ], [ 346, 728 ], [ 254, 625 ], [ 175, 560 ], [ 146, 545 ] ], [ [ 314, 583 ], [ 328, 567 ], [ 342, 532 ], [ 322, 502 ], [ 201, 358 ], [ 124, 289 ], [ 96, 273 ] ], [ [ 263, 382 ], [ 263, 361 ], [ 273, 339 ], [ 274, 282 ], [ 261, 71 ], [ 266, 6 ] ], [ [ 584, 824 ], [ 607, 790 ], [ 557, 709 ], [ 494, 641 ], [ 477, 604 ], [ 505, 596 ], [ 585, 595 ], [ 618, 606 ] ], [ [ 710, 717 ], [ 722, 676 ], [ 619, 574 ], [ 494, 467 ], [ 486, 439 ], [ 513, 434 ], [ 592, 460 ], [ 694, 483 ], [ 710, 485 ], [ 720, 477 ] ], [ [ 699, 538 ], [ 766, 474 ], [ 783, 451 ], [ 791, 424 ] ], [ [ 565, 388 ], [ 536, 383 ], [ 511, 335 ], [ 463, 266 ], [ 376, 184 ], [ 356, 170 ], [ 343, 169 ], [ 339, 160 ] ], [ [ 541, 328 ], [ 570, 343 ], [ 639, 363 ], [ 685, 363 ], [ 704, 352 ], [ 696, 315 ], [ 654, 218 ], [ 623, 166 ], [ 581, 118 ], [ 524, 77 ], [ 455, 43 ], [ 386, 23 ], [ 347, 20 ] ], [ [ 494, 267 ], [ 509, 268 ], [ 536, 249 ], [ 666, 119 ], [ 758, 56 ], [ 834, 38 ], [ 941, 27 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 320 783 Q 326 762 316 747 Q 286 696 245 650 Q 205 607 152 560 Q 140 553 137 547 Q 133 537 146 536 Q 194 536 344 675 Q 357 696 389 716 Q 401 723 398 738 Q 397 751 374 777 Q 352 799 335 803 Q 316 804 320 783 Z", "M 265 391 Q 296 422 332 463 Q 357 496 377 510 Q 387 520 385 534 Q 384 547 358 573 Q 334 595 316 597 Q 297 597 302 575 Q 309 550 299 530 Q 263 466 214 406 Q 166 351 103 289 Q 91 280 88 275 Q 84 265 98 265 Q 135 271 222 351 Q 226 355 233 361 L 265 391 Z", "M 233 361 Q 266 298 233 113 Q 214 44 251 -1 Q 251 -2 254 -4 Q 270 -20 282 6 Q 297 46 296 91 Q 295 278 300 319 Q 307 346 298 356 Q 280 374 265 391 C 245 413 221 388 233 361 Z", "M 626 608 Q 575 617 519 620 Q 513 619 512 621 Q 511 625 516 634 Q 622 757 644 777 Q 656 784 651 798 Q 645 810 602 835 Q 587 844 578 840 Q 565 836 569 816 Q 585 752 472 647 Q 453 632 426 618 Q 411 609 413 598 Q 417 582 438 560 Q 448 548 461 557 Q 488 575 598 580 C 628 582 656 603 626 608 Z", "M 539 421 Q 609 455 729 477 C 758 483 744 500 714 496 Q 623 483 519 457 Q 509 454 515 462 Q 689 616 756 652 Q 771 659 767 671 Q 760 693 731 719 Q 718 732 707 731 Q 697 730 695 714 Q 692 683 626 608 L 598 580 Q 459 459 434 449 Q 419 442 420 428 Q 420 415 442 392 Q 451 379 468 388 Q 484 398 504 406 L 539 421 Z", "M 729 477 Q 748 453 769 424 Q 778 411 790 409 Q 799 408 805 417 Q 812 427 810 453 Q 807 489 714 542 Q 702 548 696 547 Q 692 544 690 534 Q 690 533 714 496 L 729 477 Z", "M 559 359 Q 577 381 577 387 Q 576 396 565 406 Q 553 416 539 421 C 511 433 506 435 504 406 Q 504 319 333 162 Q 326 158 335 155 Q 389 165 484 260 Q 485 263 488 265 L 503 283 Q 516 302 535 324 L 559 359 Z", "M 653 166 Q 687 218 720 294 Q 733 322 754 340 Q 773 355 762 369 Q 749 382 718 394 Q 694 403 667 390 Q 642 380 607 370 Q 586 366 559 359 C 530 352 505 325 535 324 Q 563 320 599 330 Q 639 346 646 347 Q 668 346 664 322 Q 645 252 615 199 L 592 165 Q 516 72 345 27 Q 332 23 342 15 Q 349 11 397 13 Q 458 17 529 55 Q 581 83 623 127 L 653 166 Z", "M 623 127 Q 728 7 780 6 Q 853 6 915 15 Q 949 19 946 29 Q 946 33 913 45 Q 739 102 705 127 Q 695 133 653 166 L 615 199 Q 590 221 565 247 Q 532 281 503 283 C 474 289 464 283 488 265 Q 516 247 592 165 L 623 127 Z" ] } 9 strokes 後 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "animcjk", "medians": [ [ [ 326, 799 ], [ 354, 735 ], [ 243, 615 ], [ 139, 546 ] ], [ [ 309, 588 ], [ 337, 520 ], [ 220, 379 ], [ 95, 271 ] ], [ [ 257, 390 ], [ 264, -4 ] ], [ [ 574, 836 ], [ 610, 784 ], [ 465, 607 ], [ 484, 588 ], [ 621, 604 ] ], [ [ 706, 726 ], [ 720, 665 ], [ 469, 444 ], [ 490, 421 ], [ 726, 487 ] ], [ [ 697, 541 ], [ 774, 464 ], [ 794, 415 ] ], [ [ 512, 414 ], [ 537, 382 ], [ 511, 335 ], [ 339, 159 ] ], [ [ 540, 330 ], [ 666, 369 ], [ 712, 355 ], [ 632, 180 ], [ 517, 73 ], [ 346, 20 ] ], [ [ 415, 319 ], [ 494, 277 ], [ 739, 56 ], [ 939, 30 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M320,783C323,771 322,758 316,747C295,714 272,681 245,650C218,621 188,591 152,560C144,554 138,552 137,547C134,541 135,537 146,536C170,536 215,562 279,616C316,647 361,696 389,716C395,722 399,730 398,738C396,749 389,761 374,777C359,793 345,802 335,803C320,805 316,799 320,783Z", "M265,391C306,431 346,484 377,510C383,517 386,525 385,534C384,543 375,557 358,573C342,589 327,597 316,597C302,598 298,591 302,575C306,560 306,544 299,530C275,488 247,446 214,406C182,369 145,330 103,289C95,283 89,279 88,275C84,269 88,264 98,265C122,268 193,325 233,361C254,381 254,381 265,391Z", "M233,361C250,327 250,225 233,113C225,66 224,29 251,-1C263,-15 278,-3 282,6C292,33 296,62 296,91C294,217 295,292 300,319C303,338 303,350 298,356C285,369 275,380 265,391C255,401 228,375 233,361Z", "M626,608C592,614 556,620 519,620C506,621 512,630 516,634C585,717 628,765 644,777C651,783 654,790 651,798C647,808 630,820 602,835C591,842 584,843 578,840C569,837 565,831 569,816C579,775 548,717 472,647C460,637 443,628 426,618C415,613 411,607 413,598C415,589 423,575 438,560C444,553 452,552 461,557C478,570 524,577 598,580C611,580 639,605 626,608Z", "M539,421C586,442 649,463 729,477C737,479 722,498 714,496C653,488 588,475 519,457C512,456 510,458 515,462C630,566 711,629 756,652C765,658 769,664 767,671C762,687 749,702 731,719C721,728 714,732 707,731C700,731 696,725 695,714C692,694 673,656 626,608C607,589 607,589 598,580C511,494 450,456 434,449C423,445 419,439 420,428C420,421 428,410 442,392C448,385 456,382 468,388C478,395 490,401 504,406C527,416 527,416 539,421Z", "M729,477C741,462 754,444 769,424C779,411 794,402 805,417C809,424 811,437 810,453C808,478 775,507 714,542C705,547 699,549 696,547C692,546 691,541 690,534C689,534 695,521 714,496C724,483 724,483 729,477Z", "M559,359C569,375 577,383 577,387C576,394 572,400 565,406C557,413 548,418 539,421C527,426 504,419 504,406C504,381 492,348 468,314C455,297 455,297 449,288C420,250 386,211 333,162C329,159 328,155 335,155C371,159 463,236 484,261C499,280 499,280 507,289C521,308 528,315 535,324C551,347 551,347 559,359Z", "M653,166C681,214 697,244 720,294C728,313 739,329 754,340C766,351 768,362 762,369C752,380 736,387 718,394C700,401 685,399 667,390C637,377 593,365 559,359C545,356 521,324 535,324C558,323 582,325 603,331C648,343 671,359 664,322C652,275 641,246 615,199C608,188 596,172 588,161C541,103 458,58 345,27C336,25 334,21 342,15C345,13 365,12 397,13C481,28 553,55 620,124C631,136 644,153 653,166Z", "M620,124C712,18 725,7 780,6C827,6 873,10 915,15C937,19 947,25 946,29C945,34 934,39 913,45C764,93 768,66 653,166C628,188 628,188 615,199C577,232 522,280 507,289C494,298 481,308 468,314C433,331 412,326 409,319C407,312 430,302 449,288C461,280 472,270 484,261C497,251 560,193 588,161C609,136 609,136 620,124Z" ] } 9 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.