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Chinese symbol for “hindsight”

后见之明
hòu jiàn zhī míng
Traditional: 後見之明
hindsight

The closest CC-CEDICT match for hindsight is 后见之明 (hòu jiàn zhī míng), defined as: hindsight.

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

后 hòu
after; behind, rear; descendants
radical 30 ⼝ · 6 strokes
见 jiàn
to see, to observe, to meet, to appear
radical 147 ⾒ · 4 strokes
之 zhī
marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, t
radical 4 ⼃ · 4 strokes
明 míng
bright, clear; to explain, to understand, to shed light
radical 72 ⽇ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 后见之明.

WordPinyinMeaning
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
然后 (然後)rán hòuthen; after that; afterwards
以后 (以後)yǐ hòuafter; later
后来 (後來)hòu láiafterwards; later; newly arrived
后面 (後面)hòu mianthe back; the rear; the last bit; behind; near the end; at the back
意见 (意見)yì jiànidea; opinion
看见 (看見)kàn jiànto see; to catch sight of
之间 (之間)zhī jiān(after a noun) between; among; amid; (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 弹指之间 (
说明 (說明)shuō míngto explain; to illustrate

See also: Japanese symbol for “hindsight”.

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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