Chinese symbol for “aftermath”
后果
hòu guǒ
Traditional: 後果
consequences; aftermath
The closest CC-CEDICT match for aftermath is 后果 (hòu guǒ), defined as: consequences; aftermath.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “aftermath”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 余波 (餘波) | yú bō | aftermath; repercussions |
| 后遗症 (後遺症) | hòu yí zhèng | (medicine) sequelae; residual effects |
| 残局 (殘局) | cán jú | endgame (in chess); desperate situation |
| 劫余 (劫餘) | jié yú | remnants after a disaster; aftermath |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 后果.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 最后 (最後) | zuì hòu | final; last; ultimate; finally; in the end |
| 之后 (之後) | zhī hòu | after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then |
| 然后 (然後) | rán hòu | then; after that; afterwards |
| 以后 (以後) | yǐ hòu | after; later |
| 后来 (後來) | hòu lái | afterwards; later; newly arrived |
| 后面 (後面) | hòu mian | the back; the rear; the last bit; behind; near the end; at the back |
| 如果 | rú guǒ | if; in case; in the event that |
| 结果 (結果) | jiē guǒ | to bear fruit |
See also: Japanese symbol for “aftermath”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.