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之后 (zhī hòu): meaning and stroke order

之后 (zhī hòu) means after; behind, (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then.

之后

Simplified
之后
Traditional
之後
Pinyin
zhī hòu

Stroke order of 之后

之

  • zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]); him
  • 3 strokes

Stroke by stroke

后

  • Hòu surname Hou
  • hòu empress; queen
  • hòu back; behind
  • 6 strokes
  • Traditional form: 後

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 之后

  1. zhī hòu Traditional 之後
    • after; behind
    • (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then

Radicals of the characters

之
Radical 丿 (Kangxi radical 4) · 4 strokes
后
Radical 口 (Kangxi radical 30) · 6 strokes · built from 𠂋 and 口

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

之后 in our stories

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  • 寒食之后的第二天，就是清明。两千多年过去了，人们在这个时节扫墓、插柳，纪念的不只是逝去的亲人，也有那句“常清明”的嘱托。

    hánshí zhīhòu de dì-èr tiān jiùshì qīngmíng liǎngqiān duō nián guòqu le rénmen zài zhè gè shíjié sǎomù chā liǔ jìniàn de bù zhǐshì shìqù de qīnrén yě yǒu nà jù cháng qīngmíng de zhǔtuō

    The day after Cold Food Day is Qingming. More than two thousand years later, people still tend graves and put up willow branches at this time, remembering not only their departed but also that plea to "stay ever clear and just".

    From the story Cold Food Day and Qingming HSK 7–9 · Level 7

  • “这是我三十岁那年，我父亲摔的。那天我们大吵了一架，他气得把碗往地上一扔，之后半年，我们谁也没理谁。”

    zhè shì wǒ sānshí suì nà nián wǒ fùqīn shuāi de nà tiān wǒmen dà chǎo le yí jià tā qì de bǎ wǎn wǎng dì shàng yì rēng zhīhòu bànnián wǒmen shéi yě méi lǐ shéi

    "My father smashed this the year I turned thirty. We had a huge row that day; he was so angry he threw the bowl on the floor, and for six months afterwards neither of us spoke to the other."

    From the story Mending the bowl HSK 7–9 · Level 9

Stories using 之后

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).