Memory phrase for the character: 后

后

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Meaning empress, queen, behind, rear, afterwards

Pronunciation

hòu

Explanation

Top: var. of buttock seen from the side 尸, below: opening 口 as anus, in the sense of 'behind' (Originates in the custom that the empress followed behind the emperor.)

Mnemonic
 
The one following 'behind' is the empress.

Radicals

尸 buttocks in side viewThis radical has the meaning: corpse 尸. But because of its use in tail 尾 or urine 尿 or flatulence 屁, it is generally considered to mean 'buttocks'.
口 mouth, openingThis is a small square. If it is bigger: 囗, it is an enclosure.
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 Vocabulary

后来 hòu lái  afterwards; later
后代 hòu dài  posterity; later periods; later ages; later generations
太后 tài hòu  Empress Dowager
往后 wǎng hòu  from now on; in the future; time to come
谁笑在最后，谁笑得最好 shéi xiào zài zuì hòu , shéi xiào dé zuì hǎo  He laughs best who laughs last.
谁笑到最后，谁笑得最好 shéi xiào dào zuì hòu , shéi xiào dé zuì hǎo  He laughs best who laughs last.
背后 bèi hòu  behind; at the back; in the rear; behind sb's back
后勤 hòu qín  logistics
后悔 hòu huǐ  to regret; to repent
后肢 hòu zhī  hind legs
鞠躬尽瘁，死而后已 jū gōng jìn cuì , sǐ ér hòu yǐ  to bend to a task and spare no effort unto one's dying day (idiom); striving to the utmost one's whole life; with every breath in one's body, unto one's dying day
鞠躬尽瘁，死而后已 jū gōng jìn cuì , sǐ ér hòu yǐ  

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