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后 hòu — “back; after”

How to write and say the Chinese character 后 (hòu), which means back; after — with stroke order, audio, its story, and an example sentence. Theme: Position & direction.

Stroke order笔顺

后 is written with 6 strokes, in this order (the red stroke is the one being added):

The story behind it字源小故事

A figure with a mouth 口 below — an ancient title for a queen, later borrowed for 'behind, after'.

A common word常用词

Example sentence例句

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