Jisho

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9 strokes
Radical:
step
Parts:
behind, back, later
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
26 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 後 【ゴ】 after
  • 後日 【ゴジツ】 in the future, another day, later
  • 越後 【エチゴ】 Echigo (former province located in present-day Niigata Prefecture)
  • 終了後 【シュウリョウゴ】 after the end (of something), post-
  • 後援 【コウエン】 support, backing
  • 後遺症 【コウイショウ】 prognostic symptoms, after-effect, sequela
  • 向後 【コウゴ】 hereafter
  • 先後 【センゴ】 before and after, earlier and later, order, sequence, occurring almost simultaneously, inversion (of order), black and white

Kun reading compounds

  • 後 【のち】 later, afterwards, future, after one's death, descendant
  • 後々 【のちのち】 future, distant future
  • 後々 【のちのち】 future, distant future
  • この後 【このあと】 after this, henceforth, henceforward, from now on
  • 後ろ 【うしろ】 back, behind, rear
  • 後ろ姿 【うしろすがた】 (a person's) appearance from behind, person as seen from behind, back view, retreating figure
  • 後ろ 【うしろ】 back, behind, rear
  • 後ろ姿 【うしろすがた】 (a person's) appearance from behind, person as seen from behind, back view, retreating figure
  • 後 【あと】 behind, rear, after, later, remainder, the rest, more (e.g. five more minutes), left, also, in addition, descendant, successor, heir, after one's death, past, previous
  • 後押し 【あとおし】 pushing, support, backing, supporter, backer, pushing from behind (a cart, etc.), pusher
  • 亡き後 【なきあと】 after one's death
  • 後々 【あとあと】 future, distant future
  • 遅れる 【おくれる】 to be late, to be delayed, to fall behind schedule, to be overdue, to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.), to lag behind, to be behind (the times), to be bereaved of, to be preceded by (someone) in death, to be slow (of a clock or watch)

Readings

Japanese names:
こし、 し、 しい、 しり
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
hou4
Korean:
hu

Spanish

  • después
  • atrás
  • detrás
  • retrasarse

Portuguese

  • atrás
  • costas
  • mais tarde

French

  • après
  • derrière
  • plus tard
208 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
123 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
111 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
45 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1610 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
276 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
53 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1300 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.11 Japanese for Busy People
48 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
48 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
30 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
625 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
431 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
267 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
321 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1391 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
10098 Morohashi
361 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1742 New Nelson (John Haig)
1379 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1479 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
48 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
174 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2067 2001 Kanji
3i6.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-6 SKIP code
2224.7 Four corner code
1-24-69 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5f8c Unicode hex code

9 strokes
Radical:
heart 心 (忄, ⺗)
Parts:
Variants:
repent, regret
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1460 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 悔恨 【カイコン】 regret, remorse, repentance, contrition
  • 悔悟 【カイゴ】 remorse, repentance
  • 痛悔 【ツウカイ】 contrition, extreme regret, contrition (in Catholicism)
  • 亢龍有悔 【コウリョウユウカイ】 the arrogant dragon will have cause to repent, he who reaches the top is bound to fail if he is not prudent

Kun reading compounds

  • 悔いる 【くいる】 to regret
  • 悔やむ 【くやむ】 to mourn, to lament, to be sorry, to regret, to repent
  • 悔しい 【くやしい】 frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice), annoyed, chagrined, (bitterly) disappointed, bitter, vexed, frustrating, annoying, regrettable

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
hui3
Korean:
hoe

Spanish

  • arrepentirse
  • lamentar
  • sentir
  • llevar luto
  • lamentable

Portuguese

  • Arrepender-se
  • lamentar

French

  • regret
  • repentir
1063 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1950 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1682 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1166 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1296 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1733 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1855 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1219 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
812 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
435 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
270 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
324 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
632 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
10617P Morohashi
365 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1848 New Nelson (John Haig)
625 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
672 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1254 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1147 2001 Kanji
4k6.12 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-6 SKIP code
9805.5 Four corner code
1-18-89 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6094 Unicode hex code