后 Kanji for empress

N1Grade 66 strokes

empress, queen, after, behind, back, later

Kun: きさき
On: コウ、ゴ

后 is the Japanese kanji for empress, queen, after, behind, back, later. It is written with 6 strokes and appears at JLPT level N1. Its kun reading is きさき and its on reading is コウ、ゴ.

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Words with 后

后きさきempress (consort), queen (consort)
皇こう后ごうempress (consort)
皇こう太たい后ごうEmpress Dowager, Queen Mother

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