empress / queen / (archaic) monarch / ruler
back / behind / rear / afterwards / after / later / post-

= + 𠮛 : Mnemonic symbol: Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra. Zenobia (后) and Hamlet (h) want to bake banana bread in the outhouse's bathroom (ou4), but they don't know how. Behind (后) a banana tree (⺁) they study a scroll (𠮛) on which the recipe is written.

后 character breakdown

Character component without intrinsic meaning

𠮛 = + : This character looks like a scroll, on which your aim is written. A scroll with the paper made from mandarins (口), and a flute (一) to wrap it all up.
Character component without intrinsic meaning

= 丿 : Mnemonic symbol: two and more bananas (丿) are part of a larger banana tree (⺁).

Characters with 后 as component

to meet unexpectedly
dirt / disgrace
disgrace / to revile
thick
surname Hou / place name
copulate / good
(anatomy) epiphysis
see 鱯|鳠[hu4]

Words with 后

next / later / after that
cause and effects (idiom); entire process of development
one falls, the next follows (idiom); stepping into the breach to replace fallen comrades / advancing wave upon wave
first decapitate then present your trophy (idiom); act first, report later
peaceful measures before using force (idiom); diplomacy before violence / jaw-jaw is better than war-war
lit. no village ahead and no inn behind (idiom) / fig. to be stranded in the middle of nowhere / to be in a predicament
don't forget past events, they can guide you in future (idiom); benefit from past experience
to enjoy the benefits of the hard work of one's predecessors. (idiom)
to sway to and fro / to rock back and forth
to rock one's body backward and forward / to be convulsed (with laughter etc)
to switch from arrogance to deference (idiom)
(of a woman) to have nice curves / buxom / shapely
lit. to fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind (idiom) / fig. to be full of needless fears / reds under the beds
there has never been and never will be another person like this (idiom) / never done before and unlikely to be matched in the future / peerless
to bring honor to one's ancestors and benefit future generations (idiom)
a blade will get rusty if it is not sharpened; a man will fall behind if he doesn't study (idiom)
see 前不著村,後不著店|前不着村,后不着店[qian2 bu4 zhao2 cun1 , hou4 bu4 zhao2 dian4]

Sentences with 后

zì
cóng
bì
mǎ
we̅n
lái
cǐ
yǐ
hòu