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

around / from beginning to end / all around / front and rear
postdoc / a postdoctoral position
backyard / imperial harem / (slang) anus
context / the surrounding words / same as 上下文
to beat a tiger from the front door, only to have a wolf come in at the back (idiom); fig. facing one problem after another
(idiom) to be a survivor of a calamity
to beat a tiger from the front door, only to have a wolf come in at the back (idiom); fig. facing one problem after another
lit. the cart in front overturns, a warning to the following cart (idiom); fig. draw lesson from the failure of one's predecessor / learn from past mistake / once bitten twice shy
(lit.) chest sticking to back / (fig.) famished / (of several persons) packed chest to back
imperial wives and concubines
Houyi, mythological Chinese archer whose wife was Chang'e
Houli Township in Taichung County 臺中縣|台中县[Tai2 zhong1 Xian4], Taiwan

Sentences with 后

zì
cóng
bì
mǎ
we̅n
lái
cǐ
yǐ
hòu