Japanese Kanji
后kou
empress · queen · after
Grade 6 · JLPT N1 · 6 strokes
Empress, queen, after, behind, back, later.
后 is part of the elementary school jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6. In the JLPT proficiency test it appears at N1 (advanced) level. With 6 strokes, this character appears in numerous compound words throughout written Japanese.
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