后

hòu = h + ou4

empress / queen / (archaic) monarch / ruler

hòu = h + ou4

back / behind / rear / afterwards / after / later / post-

后 = ⺁ + 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

后
- 𠮛
  - 一
  - 口
- ⺁
  - 丿

Character component without intrinsic meaning

𠮛 = 一 + 口 : 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

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

Characters with 后 as component

hòu = h + ou4

to meet unexpectedly

gòu = g + ou4

dirt / disgrace

gòu = g + ou4

disgrace / to revile

hòu = h + ou4

thick

hòu = h + ou4

surname Hou / place name

gòu = g + ou4

copulate / good

hóu = h + ou2

(anatomy) epiphysis

hòu = h + ou4

see 鱯|鳠[hu4]

Words with 后

consequences / aftermath

empress / imperial consort

to recoil / to draw back / to fall back / to retreat

soon after

after drinking / under the influence of alcohol

descendant

the rear / far behind the front line

hindbrain / back of the head

escape route / retreat route / communication lines to the rear / alternative course of action / room for maneuver

heel

(coll.) stepmother

striving to be first and fearing to be last (idiom); outdoing one another

to open the back door / fig. under the counter / to do a secret or dishonest deal / to let sth in by the back door

rear wheel

energy to continue after the initial phase of an activity / delayed effect

three days from now / day after day after tomorrow

Cassiopeia (constellation)

back cover / shell (of crab etc)

Sentences with 后

zì

cóng

bì

mǎ

we̅n

lái

cǐ

yǐ

hòu

Ever since the keeper arrived...