Chinese symbol for “henceforth”
尔后
ěr hòu
Traditional: 爾後
henceforth; thereafter; subsequently
The closest CC-CEDICT match for henceforth is 尔后 (ěr hòu), defined as: henceforth; thereafter; subsequently.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “henceforth”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 今后 (今後) | jīn hòu | hereafter; henceforth |
| 从此 (從此) | cóng cǐ | from now on; since then |
| 自此 | zì cǐ | since then; henceforth |
| 后日 (後日) | hòu rì | the day after tomorrow; from hence |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 尔后.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 偶尔 (偶爾) | ǒu ěr | occasionally; once in a while |
| 摩尔 (摩爾) | mó ěr | mole (chemistry) |
| 高尔夫 (高爾夫) | gāo ěr fū | (loanword) golf |
| 高尔夫球 (高爾夫球) | gāo ěr fū qiú | golf; golf ball |
| 荷尔蒙 (荷爾蒙) | hé ěr méng | (loanword) hormone |
| 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “henceforth”.
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.