Chinese symbol for “hereafter”
今后
jīn hòu
Traditional: 今後
hereafter; henceforth; in the future; from now on
The closest CC-CEDICT match for hereafter is 今后 (jīn hòu), defined as: hereafter; henceforth; in the future; from now on.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “hereafter”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 今后.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 今天 | jīn tiān | today; the present time; now |
| 今年 | jīn nián | this year |
| 今日 | jīn rì | today |
| 至今 | zhì jīn | so far; to this day |
| 如今 | rú jīn | nowadays; now |
| 今晚 | jīn wǎn | tonight |
| 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “hereafter”.
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.