U+5F8C "後" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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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
Name
CJK Unified Ideograph-#
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
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Han
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
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
20822.030
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
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