后边

Character by character

• 后hòu6 strokesHSK 1 traditional 後queen, empress, sovereign; (simp. for 後) behind, rear, after
• 边biān6 strokesHSK 1 traditional 邊edge, margin, side, border

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 后边. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 后hòuHSK 1

  empress; queen; (archaic) monarch; ruler

• 最后zuì hòuHSK 1

  final; last; finally; ultimate

• 然后rán hòuHSK 2

  then; after that; afterwards

• 之后zhī hòuHSK 4

  after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then

• 以后yǐ hòuHSK 2

  after; later; afterwards; following; later on; in the future

• 边biānHSK 2

  side; edge; margin; border; boundary; simultaneously

• 身边shēn biānHSK 2

  at one's side; on hand

• 后来hòu láiHSK 2

  afterwards; later; newly arrived

• 一边yī biānHSK 1

  one side; either side; on the one hand; on the other hand; doing while

• 后面hòu mianHSK 3

  the back; the rear; the last bit; behind; near the end; at the back; later; afterwards

• 旁边páng biānHSK 1

  side; adjacent place

• 背后bèi hòuHSK 3

  behind; at the back; in the rear; behind sb's back

• 那边nà bianHSK 1

  over there; yonder

• 后悔hòu huǐHSK 5

  to regret; to feel remorse

• 这边zhè biānHSK 1

  this side; here

• 右边yòu bianHSK 1

  right side; right, to the right

• 后果hòu guǒHSK 3

  consequences; aftermath

• 今后jīn hòuHSK 2

  hereafter; henceforth; in the future; from now on

• 随后suí hòuHSK 5

  soon after

• 落后luò hòuHSK 3

  to fall behind; to lag (in technology etc); backward; to retrogress

• 左边zuǒ bianHSK 1

  left; the left side; to the left of

• 边缘biān yuánHSK 6

  edge; fringe; verge; brink; periphery; marginal; borderline

• 皇后huáng hòuHSK 7

  empress; imperial consort

• 路边lù biānHSK 2

  curb; roadside; wayside