後 — Chinese character
後
hòu
after; behind, rear; descendants
- Pinyin
- hòu
- Radical
- 60 ⼻ (Step)
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- 彳 幺 夂
- Formation
- ideographic — One step 彳 coming behind another 夂; 幺 provides the pronunciation
- Simplified
- 后
- Japanese
- 後 as a kanji
後 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 11 · Analects 39 · Art of War 21 · I Ching 9 · Mencius 113 · Zhuangzi 109 · Great Learning 17 · Doctrine of the Mean 2
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 2
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 7
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 14
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 30
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 38
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 65
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 66
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 67
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