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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.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

今 jīn
modern, current; today, now
radical 9 ⼈ · 4 strokes
后 hòu
after; behind, rear; descendants
radical 30 ⼝ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “hereafter”

WordPinyinMeaning
此后 (此後)cǐ hòuafter this; afterwards

Related words

Other words that share a character with 今后.

WordPinyinMeaning
今天jīn tiāntoday; the present time; now
今年jīn niánthis year
今日jīn rìtoday
至今zhì jīnso far; to this day
如今rú jīnnowadays; now
今晚jīn wǎntonight
最后 (最後)zuì hòufinal; last; ultimate; finally; in the end
之后 (之後)zhī hòuafter; 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.

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