Zi:後

後(S​后) [hòu] after, behind; later; future; (HDZ:) ​时​间​较​晚 (ant. ​先, ​前); ​位​置​在​后 (ant. ​前); …; (​姓)

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The Shuōwén Seal form of 後 hòu ‘late/tardy’ combines ​彳 chì ‘left footstep’ (as in ​彳​亍 chìchù ‘walk slowly’), ​幺 yāo ‘small/tiny’, and ​夊 suī ‘walk slowly/leisurely’: the young/small move/walk slowly, and so come late (older people having been born first and being stronger walkers arrive/come first, younger ones come later); formerly wr. ​𨒥, with ​辶(​辵) ‘go’, instead of ​彳.
    Note: 後 ‘late/tardy’ → ‘later/after’.
    Note: Among simple form characters, 後 is replaced by ​后.
    “People ​彳​夂 walking ​幺 (silk thread:) in a file, one after the other” —Karlgren(1923).
    HDZ: 後 : hòu : ​时​间​较​晚 (ant. ​先, ​前); ​位​置​在​后 (ant. ​前); ​落​在​后​面; ​次​序​靠​近​末​尾​的 (​后​排, ​后​三​名); ​将​来, ​未​来; ​子​孙, ​后​代; ​弟​媳; ​摈​弃; ​肛​门; (​语​气​词) ​呵, ​啊; (​姓)
►references: Guǎngyùn:325.13,437.35; Henshall:111; Karlgren:AD81,GSR115a; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:2.822.3; Mathews:2143; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:366.18; EDOC:1
►components: ​彳​​​幺​夂
►Cantonese: hauh-
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Unicode: U+5F8C
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