后
后 — hu
Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).
- Korean reading
- 임금/왕후 후
- Romanization
- hu
- English
- queen, empress, sovereign; (simp. for 後) behind, rear, after
- Mandarin
- hòu
- Japanese on'yomi
- コウ, ゴ
- Japanese kun'yomi
- きさき
- Japanese usage
- Jōyō kanji
- School grade
- Grade 6
- Newspaper frequency
- #1,583 of 2,500
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 口 (30, 3 residual)
- Unicode
- U+540E
Korean example words with 后
- 왕후王后 Korean gloss: 임금의 아내
- 정후正后 Korean gloss: 임금의 본처
- 폐후廢后 Korean gloss: 폐위된 황후나 왕후
- 황후皇后 Korean gloss: 황제의 정실(正室)
- 악후惡后 Korean gloss: 인간의 도덕적 기준에 어긋나는, 임금의 아내
- 헐후하다歇后 Korean gloss: 대수롭지 아니하다
- 무후주武后酒 Korean gloss: 메추리 고기와 하수오, 녹용, 고려 인삼을 달인 후 벌꿀과 함께 밀봉하여 달인 약용주. 메추리 술이라고도 하며 하루 3회 소주
- 소후小后 Korean gloss: 작은 왕후.
- 후비后妃 Korean gloss: 임금의 아내.
- 모후母后 Korean gloss: 임금의 어머니.
- 입후立后 Korean gloss: 황후를 책립함.
- 황천후토皇天后土 Korean gloss: 하늘의 신과 땅의 신
Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)
Japanese words with 后
- 皇后こうごう empress (consort)
- 皇太后こうたいごう Empress Dowager; Queen Mother
- 后きさき empress (consort); queen (consort)
- 后宮こうぐう empress's palace; queen's palace; empress
- 天后てんこう queen of heaven
- 母后ぼこう empress dowager
- 太后たいこう empress dowager; queen mother
- 王后おうこう queen
- 三后さんこう Grand Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager and the Empress Consort
- 后町きさきまち women's pavilion (of the inner Heian palace)
- 三皇后さんこうごう Grand Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager and the Empress Consort
- 皇后宮こうごうぐう empress's residence; empress
Characters sharing the phonetic 后
Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.
Other hanja read “후”
Other hanja with radical 口
Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences