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后 means 'empress'

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Strokes : 6    Frequency: 1735   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-30    Grade: 6   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 3 words   Used in 19 words   Used in 78 names   Component in 9 kanji (0 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   コウ
Additional readings
On    ゴ
Kun    きさき empress, queen, after, behind, back, later
Components
⿸  ⺁ (厂) cliff  ⿱  一 one  口 mouth  
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戸 door  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 后 is used 1 time, read 1 way.
Across all words in Japanese, 后 is used 19 times, read 3 ways (with 1 variation).
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コウ : 8 words FIND ALL
noun
queen of heaven
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コウ (read as ごう) : 7 words FIND ALL
こ う ご う 3
(Japanese) empress; queen
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ゴ : 2 words FIND ALL
ご ご 1
Most common form: 午後
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
afternoon; p.m.
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きさき : 2 words FIND ALL
き さ き 2
noun
empress; queen
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An additional 戸 less common words include 后 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 869 (originally: 858)  Joy o' Kanji : 858  Key to Kanji: 318 

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后
コウ    empress   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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⺁
cliff
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