0075 - 後[후] - 뒤 - behind, rear, after; descendents

The Story [이야기] :

• 彳 is the picture of a person taking a step with her left foot.  Meanwhile, the right foot takes one tiny 幺 step 夂 and is left behind/at the rear of the left foot.

Stroke Order [획순] :

New Vocabulary [새로운 단어] :

전후 [前後] - order; sequence; front and rear; before and behind; in front and in the rear; before and [or] after; about; around; for so; approximately
선후 [先後] - front and rear; beginning and end; order; sequence
후일 [後日] - some (other) day; later days; the future
후년 [後年] - year after next; later years; later
후실 [後室] - one's second wife
후문 [後門] - a back [rear] gate
후식 [後食] - dessert
식후 [食後] - after dinner [a meal]
후생 [後生] - juniors; younger students [scholars]; the life [world] after death; the future life [existence]; future generations
생후 [生後] - after [since] one's birth
후학 [後學] - younger students [scholars]; one's junior(s)
후인 [後人] - future generations; posterity
후사 [後事] - affairs after one's death; future [later] affairs
후방 [後方] - the rear
후장 [後場] - the afternoon stock market session

 

Example Sentences [예문] :

食前과 食後에 이를 닦고, 치間 청소실로 이를 닦는 것은 반드시 지켜야 할 중요한 습관이다.
It is important to brush your teeth before and after meals, and to floss regularly.

쌀로 만든 間食이나 後食도 있다.
There are also many snacks and desserts made from rice.

운전을 할 때는 前方뿐 아니라 後方도 잘 살펴야 한다.
When you are driving, you have to pay attention not only to what's in the front but also to the rear.