U+540E "后" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

后

U+540E "后" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character primarily meaning "queen," "empress," or "after" in terms of time or sequence, with a rich history rooted in ancient Chinese script. It is a common logogram used in modern Mandarin, Japanese, and Korean written languages, often appearing in compound words such as "後" (hou, meaning behind or later) in traditional contexts, though the simplified form "后" serves both the meanings of "sovereign consort" and "after" in contemporary Chinese. The character consists of the radical for "mouth" and the component for "person," visually conveying the idea of a ruler or a position held behind the throne. Its usage spans historical titles like "皇太后" (empress dowager) to modern terms like "然后" (afterwards), making it a versatile and culturally significant symbol in East Asian writing systems.

General Properties

Code Point	U+540E
Version Added	1.1
Name	CJK Unified Ideograph-#
Block	CJK Unified Ideographs
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	后
HTML Hex Encoding	后
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE5 0x90 0x8E
UTF-16 Encoding	0x540E
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000540E
C/C++/Java Escape	\u540e

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Line Break	Ideographic
East Asian Width	Wide
Script	Han
Script Extensions	Han
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
ID Start	Yes
XID Start	Yes
ID Continue	Yes
XID Continue	Yes
Alphabetic	Yes
Vertical Orientation	Upright
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Other
Sentence Break	OLetter
Ideographic	Yes
Unified Ideograph	Yes

Unihan Properties

kBigFive	A65A
kCCCII	21354C
kCNS1986	1-475B
kCNS1992	1-475B
kCangjie	HMR
kCantonese	hau6
kCihaiT	255.401
kCowles	1016
kDaeJaweon	0393.010
kDefinition	queen, empress, sovereign; (simp. for 後) behind, rear, after
kEACC	273D65
kFanqie	胡口胡遘
kFenn	721F
kFennIndex	158.03
kFourCornerCode	7226.1
kGB0	2683
kGB1	6565
kGradeLevel	3
kGSR	0112a
kHangul	후:0N
kHanYu	10580.010
kHanyuPinlu	hòu(4342)
kHanyuPinyin	10580.010:hòu
kHKGlyph	0504
kIICore	AGTJHKMP
kIRGDaeJaweon	0393.010
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	10580.010
kIRGKangXi	0176.010
kIRG_GSource	G0-3A73
kIRG_HSource	HB1-A65A
kIRG_JSource	J0-3921
kIRG_KPSource	KP0-F4E4
kIRG_KSource	K0-7D28
kIRG_TSource	T1-475B
kIRG_VSource	V1-4E4A
kJapanese	コウゴあときさきのち
kJoyoKanji	2010
kKoreanName	2015
kTGH	2013:482
kJapaneseKun	KIMI KISAKI
kJapaneseOn	KOU GO
kJis0	2501
kKangXi	0176.010
kKarlgren	78
kKorean	HWU
kMainlandTelegraph	0683
kMandarin	hòu
kMatthews	2144
kMeyerWempe	687a
kMojiJoho	MJ008069
kMorohashi	03298
kNelson	0181
kPhonetic	445 449
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+1971+30.3.3
kRSUnicode	30.3
kSBGY	325.15 437.34
kSimplifiedVariant	"后" U+540E CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kSMSZD2003Index	91.02
kSMSZD2003Readings	hòu粵hau6
kTaiwanTelegraph	0683
kTGHZ2013	139.070,139.080:hòu
kTotalStrokes	6
kTraditionalVariant	"后" U+540E CJK Unified Ideograph-# "後" U+5F8C CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kUnihanCore2020	GHJKMPT
kVietnamese	hậu
kXerox	254:055
kXHC1983	0468.010:hòu