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RTK / HeisigFrame #1479

後

behind

Lv 20

Strokes: 9

JLPT: N5

Jōyō: Grade 2

Radical Components

Meanings

behind RTKAfterBackLater

Community Mnemonic

▲ 735 votes

Column of walking legs (caterpillar) getting into a cocoon, about to leave its past self behind.

Source: Kanji Koohii community

On'yomi

ごこう

Kun'yomi

うしあとのち

Found In Vocabulary

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