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Chinese symbol for “lag”

落后
luò hòu
Traditional: 落後
to fall behind; to lag (in technology etc); backward; to retrogress

The closest CC-CEDICT match for lag is 落后 (luò hòu), defined as: to fall behind; to lag (in technology etc); backward; to retrogress.

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

落 luò
to fall, to drop; surplus, net income
radical 140 ⾋ · 12 strokes
后 hòu
after; behind, rear; descendants
radical 30 ⼝ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “lag”

WordPinyinMeaning
延迟 (延遲)yán chíto delay; to postpone

Related words

Other words that share a character with 落后.

WordPinyinMeaning
落实 (落實)luò shípractical; workable
部落bù luòtribe
村落cūn luòvillage
角落jiǎo luòcorner (of a room, courtyard etc); (fig.) remote spot; nook
降落jiàng luòto descend; to land
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

See also: Japanese symbol for “lag”.

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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