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Chinese symbol for “rearguard”

后备军
hòu bèi jūn
Traditional: 後備軍
rearguard

The closest CC-CEDICT match for rearguard is 后备军 (hòu bèi jūn), defined as: rearguard.

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
备 bèi
to prepare; to get ready, to equip; ready; perfect
radical 34 ⼡ · 8 strokes
军 jūn
army, military; soldiers, troops
radical 14 ⼍ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 后备军.

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
准备 (準備)zhǔn bèipreparation; to prepare
设备 (設備)shè bèiequipment; facilities; installations
军队 (軍隊)jūn duìarmed forces; troops; measure word: 支 (zhī)

See also: Japanese symbol for “rearguard”.

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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