U+5F8C "後" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
後
U+5F8C "後" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a traditional Chinese and Japanese character that fundamentally means "after," "later," or "behind" in terms of time, space, or sequence. In Chinese, it is pronounced "hòu" and is used in words like "以後" (yǐhòu, meaning "afterwards") and "後來" (hòulái, meaning "later on"). In Japanese, it is read as "ato," "nochi," or "ushi" and appears in compounds such as "後で" (atode, meaning "later") and "午後" (gogo, meaning "afternoon"). Historically, the character also carries nuanced meanings of "descendants" or "posterity," reflecting its deep roots in East Asian written culture where it has been used for centuries in classical texts, modern writing, and calligraphy.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+5F8C |
| 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 | 後 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 後 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0xBE 0x8C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x5F8C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00005F8C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u5f8c |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | ABE1 |
| kCCCII | 213D65 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-5125 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-5125 |
| kCangjie | HOVIE |
| kCantonese | hau6 |
| kCihaiT | 511.201 |
| kCowles | 1013 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0688.010 |
| kDefinition | behind, rear, after; descendents |
| kEACC | 213D65 |
| kFanqie | 胡口 胡遘 |
| kFenn | 876A |
| kFennIndex | 157.12 158.01 |
| kFourCornerCode | 2224.7 |
| kGB0 | 6565 |
| kGB1 | 2683 |
| kGradeLevel | 1 |
| kGSR | 0115a |
| kHangul | 후:0E |
| kHanYu | 20822.030 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 20822.030:hòu |
| kHKGlyph | 1273 |
| kIICore | ATJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0688.010 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 20822.030 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0366.180 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-6161 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-ABE1 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-3865 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-F4E9 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-7D2D |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-5125 |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-5466 |
| kJapanese | ゴ コウ のち うしろ あと おくれる しり |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kJapaneseKun | OKURERU NOCHI ATO |
| kJapaneseOn | GO KOU |
| kJis0 | 2469 |
| kKangXi | 0366.180 |
| kKarlgren | 81 |
| kKorean | HWU |
| kLau | 1149 |
| kMandarin | hòu |
| kMatthews | 2143 |
| kMeyerWempe | 685 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ011303 MJ011303:E0101 MJ011302:E0102 |
| kMorohashi | 10098:E0102 |
| kNelson | 1610 |
| kPhonetic | 447 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+1945+60.3.6 |
| kRSUnicode | 60.6 |
| kSBGY | 325.13 437.35 |
| kSimplifiedVariant | "后" U+540E CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 213.02 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | hòu粵hau6 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 1775 |
| kTang | *hǒu hòu |
| kTotalStrokes | 9 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | hậu |
| kXerox | 241:137 |
| kXHC1983 | 0468.011:hòu |