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Bushu (Radical) Info: 彳 (ぎょうにんべん) – going man

Henshall Mnemonic: sit crosslegged on threading road, fall behind

Levels: JLPT N5 | JLPT 4 (old) | Grade 2
Frequency: #26 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:

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JLPT N5 Words

• 後ろ   [うしろ]
  (n) back; behind; rear   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 明後日   [あさって]
  (n-adv,n-t) day after tomorrow   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 午後   [ごご]
  (n-adv,n-t) afternoon; p.m.; pm   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 後   [あと]
  (adj-no,n-adv,n) after; behind; later; rear; remainder; successor   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N4 Words

• 最後   [さいご]
  (n) last; end; conclusion   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N3 Words

• 明後日   [みょうごにち]
  (n-adv,n-t) day after tomorrow   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 後者   [こうしゃ]
  (n) the latter   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 今後   [こんご]
  (n-adv,n-t) from now on; hereafter   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 後   [のち]
  (adj-no,n) afterwards; since then; in the future   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N2 Words

• 以後   [いご]
  (n-adv,n-t) after this; from now on; hereafter; thereafter   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 直後   [ちょくご]
  (n-adv,n-t) immediately following   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 明明後日   [しあさって]
  (n-adv,n-t) (uk) (in) three days time (two days after tomorrow)   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 後輩   [こうはい]
  (n) junior (at work or school)   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 前後   [ぜんご]
  (n-adv,suf) around; throughout; front and back; before and behind; before and after; about that (time); longitudinal; context; nearly; approximately   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N1 Words

• 後回し   [あとまわし]
  (n) putting off; postponing   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 後悔   [こうかい]
  (n,vs) regret; repentance   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 後退   [こうたい]
  (n,vs) retreat; backspace (BS)   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 背後   [はいご]
  (n) back; rear   [K] [D] [Jisho]

Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT

• 越後   [えちご]
  Echigo; old name for Niigata Prefecture   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 食後   [しょくご]
  (n-t) after a meal   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 後ろ向き   [うしろむき]
  (n) back facing; turning one's back to   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 後ろ姿   [うしろすがた]
  (n) retreating figure; appearance from behind   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 後ろ盾   [うしろだて]
  (n) supporter   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 後遺症   [こういしょう]
  (n) prognostic symptoms; after-effect   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 後援   [こうえん]
  (n,vs) support; backing   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 後押し   [あとおし]
  (n) pushing; backing; boosting   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 死後   [しご]
  (n-adv,n) after death   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 事後   [じご]
  (n) after-; post-; ex-   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 後期   [こうき]
  (n) latter period; final   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 前方後円墳   [ぜんぽうこうえんふん]
  (n) ancient Imperial graves   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 後継   [こうけい]
  (n) successor   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 後見   [こうけん]
  (n) guardianship; guardian   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 後妻   [ごさい]
  (n) second wife   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 後始末   [あとしまつ]
  (n,vs) settlement (of affairs); remedial measures   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 後手   [ごて]
  (n) (1) losing the initiative (in Go); (2) rear guard; (3) white player (shogi)   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 後書   [あとがき]
  (n) afterword; postscript   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 後書き   [あとがき]
  (n) afterword; postscript   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 後進   [こうしん]
  (n) (1) one's junior; (2) developing; backward   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 後世   [こうせい]
  (n-adv,n) posterity; future life; life to come   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 終了後   [しゅうりょうご]
  after the end (of something)   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 後続   [こうぞく]
  (n) succeeding; following   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 老後   [ろうご]
  (n) old age   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 後天的   [こうてんてき]
  (adj-na,n) a posteriori   [K] [D] [Jisho]

Find more details for 後 at jisho.org, Yookoso! or WWWJDIC

Acknowledgments

The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.

NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.

The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.

Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.

The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.

If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.