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后

后 in Japanese names

empress, queen, after, behind, back

Strokes6
ClassificationJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 6
KANJIDIC grade6
Name readings (nanori)0
KANJIDIC frequency rank: 1,583This is a general character-frequency field from KANJIDIC2, not a ranking of popularity in personal names.
JMnedict source rows53
Distinct written forms49
Given-name readings36
Surname readings14

These are counts inside the imported JMnedict corpus, not population-frequency or popularity estimates.

On readings
コウゴ
Kun readings
きさき
Name readings (nanori)
No value in the loaded record
Character glosses

English glosses recorded for 后

empressqueenafterbehindbacklater

These glosses describe the character. They do not by themselves establish the intended meaning of every full personal name containing it.

Name-use context

How 后 appears inside recorded Japanese names

The readings below are readings of the whole recorded name form. They are not an attempt to isolate how 后 itself is pronounced inside a multi-kanji spelling.

Given names36 written forms
1 character1
2 characters28
3 characters7
4+ characters0

Distinct source-recorded written forms containing 后 within the main given names corpus.

Surnames9 written forms
1 character0
2 characters9
3 characters0
4+ characters0

Distinct source-recorded written forms containing 后 within the main surnames corpus.

Recorded given-name forms and full-name readings

12 examples
Written formFull-name readingRomanization aidGroup spellings
肖后あゆみAyumi517
容后ひろみHiromi281
広后ひろみHiromi281
后希みきMiki251
后沙葵みさきMisaki249
后代みかMika244
朝后あさみAsami207
后礼みのりMinori169
后紀みのりMinori169
后子きみこKimiko166
乃后子えみこEmiko156
由后ゆみYumi146

Recorded surname forms and full-name readings

10 examples
Written formFull-name readingRomanization aidGroup spellings
后藤ごとうGotō35
大后だいごDaigo13
肥后ひごHigo10
東后とうごうTōgō9
東后とうごTōgo8
丹后たんごTango7
后田ごだGoda6
川后せんこうSenkō5
皇后こうごうKōgō5
巌后いわこIwako3

“Group spellings” is the number of source-recorded spellings attached to that canonical reading group. It measures corpus depth, not population popularity.

Position profile

Where 后 appears in recorded name spellings

Position counts are calculated from source-recorded JMnedict forms included in the public reference. A spelling containing the same kanji more than once can contribute to more than one position category, so the position counts are not percentages and do not need to sum to the total.

Given names38 source rows
One-character form1
First character13
Final character22
Internal position2

36 distinct written forms represented in this indexed subset.

Surnames10 source rows
One-character form0
First character2
Final character8
Internal position0

9 distinct written forms represented in this indexed subset.

Literal co-occurrence

Kanji recorded alongside 后

These characters occur with 后 inside the same published JMnedict written-form records. A companion is highlighted only after at least two distinct written forms; this is corpus co-occurrence, not popularity or proof of a fixed semantic compound.

Name discovery

Other names using 后

These groups come directly from source-recorded JMnedict forms containing this character. Ordering reflects coverage inside the imported corpus, not real-world popularity.

Given names using 后

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Character data and name data stay separate

KANJIDIC2 supplies the readings, nanori, stroke count, frequency field, grade classification and English character glosses. JMnedict supplies the example personal-name records. The Ministry of Justice remains the official reference for current child-name character rules.

Source boundary

KANJIDIC2 supplies the character metadata. The jōyō/jinmeiyō grade interpretation is a reference layer; the Ministry of Justice remains the controlling official source for child-name character rules. Example names are imported from JMnedict.

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