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後 means 'after'

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Strokes : 9    Frequency: 38   JLPT: N5    Usefulness: 1    Study set: 1-2    Grade: 2   Intermediate lesson: 2    Beginner lesson: 7   Begins 325 words   Used in 511 words   Used in 1350 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   ゴ   コウ
Kun
   のち   あと afterwards   うしろ behind   おくれる be late
Additional readings
Name    こし   し   しい   しり
Components
⿰  彳 step  ⿱  幺 short thread  夂 go  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 後 is used 35 times, read 6 ways. 1 word uses a non-standard reading.
Across all words in Japanese, 後 is used 490 times, read 6 ways (with 4 variations). 1 word uses a non-standard reading.
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コウ : 174 words FIND ALL
こ う は い 0
noun
junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student  (see also: 先輩)
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ゴ : 169 words FIND ALL
ご ご 1
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
afternoon; p.m.
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コウ (read as ごう) : 3 words FIND ALL
noun
after-look journalizing  (computer terminology)
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あと : 75 words FIND ALL
あ と 1
Most common form: あと
1. behind; rear  (see also: 後ずさり)
2. after; later  (see also: その後)
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のち : 15 words FIND ALL
の ち 2 の ち 0
1. later; afterwards; since  (often written with kana only)
2. future  (often written with kana only)
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うしろ : 26 words FIND ALL
う し ろ 0
noun
back; behind; rear
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おくれる : 17 words FIND ALL
き お く れ 0 き お く れ 2
nervous; timid
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うしろ (read as うしろ) : 5 words FIND ALL
う し ろ ゆ び 3
noun
being talked about or backbitten
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じり: 1 word. FIND ALL
こ と ば じ り 0
noun
1. word ending
2. slip of the tongue
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しり: 4 words. FIND ALL
し り め 0
noun
1. backward glance; sidelong glance  (see also: 尻目にかける)
2. faceless ghost with an eye in its rump  (see also: のっぺらぼう)
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Part of a non-standard reading: 1 word. FIND ALL
あ さ っ て 2
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
day after tomorrow
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An additional 22 less common words include 後 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 123 (originally: 111)  Joy o' Kanji : 111  Key to Kanji: 304 

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後
ゴ   コウ   のち    あと afterwards   うしろ behind   おくれる be late   
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幺
short, tiny   
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糸
シ   いと thread   
彳
step
夂
go
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