Chinese symbol for “progeny”
后代
hòu dài
Traditional: 後代
descendant; progeny; posterity; later ages; later generations
The closest CC-CEDICT match for progeny is 后代 (hòu dài), defined as: descendant; progeny; posterity; later ages; later generations.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “progeny”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 后代.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 以后 (以後) | yǐ hòu | after; later |
| 后来 (後來) | hòu lái | afterwards; later; newly arrived |
| 后面 (後面) | hòu mian | the back; the rear; the last bit; behind; near the end; at the back |
| 代表 | dài biǎo | representative; delegate |
| 时代 (時代) | shí dài | age; era |
See also: Japanese symbol for “progeny”.
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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