# 后 U+540E CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-540E

A Chinese character meaning “queen, empress, sovereign; (simp. for 後) behind, rear, after”, read hòu in Mandarin.

| | |
|---|---|
| Character | `后` |
| Codepoint | U+540E |
| Name | CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-540E |
| Block | [CJK Unified Ideographs](https://unicodekit.com/block/cjk-unified-ideographs) |
| Script | Han |
| Category | Other Letter (Lo) |
| Unicode version | 1.1 |
| HTML | `后` `后` |
| CSS | `\540E` |
| JavaScript | `\u540E` |
| UTF-8 | E5 90 8E |
| UTF-16 | 540E |
| Definition | queen, empress, sovereign; (simp. for 後) behind, rear, after |
| Mandarin | hòu |
| Cantonese | hau6 |
| Japanese | KOU GO KIMI KISAKI |
| Korean | HWU |

## Related characters

- 名 [U+540D CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-540D](https://unicodekit.com/char/540D)
- 吏 [U+540F CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-540F](https://unicodekit.com/char/540F)
- 同 [U+540C CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-540C](https://unicodekit.com/char/540C)
- 吐 [U+5410 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5410](https://unicodekit.com/char/5410)
- 吋 [U+540B CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-540B](https://unicodekit.com/char/540B)
- 向 [U+5411 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5411](https://unicodekit.com/char/5411)
- 吊 [U+540A CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-540A](https://unicodekit.com/char/540A)
- 吒 [U+5412 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5412](https://unicodekit.com/char/5412)
- 吉 [U+5409 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5409](https://unicodekit.com/char/5409)
- 吓 [U+5413 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5413](https://unicodekit.com/char/5413)
- 合 [U+5408 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5408](https://unicodekit.com/char/5408)
- 吔 [U+5414 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5414](https://unicodekit.com/char/5414)

Page: https://unicodekit.com/char/540E · JSON: https://unicodekit.com/characters/540E