后

Glyph origin
Lateral inversion of 后 generates.

According to Kōjien and 学研漢和大字典, — a depiction of a person's  anus, with the additional meaning of “behind”, “rear”, as well as coming to mean “emperor/empress”, who would live in a palace “behind” wordly troubles.

Etymology 1
From. Cognate with 🇨🇬,.

Definitions

 * 1)  king; ruler; emperor
 * 2)  queen; empress
 * 3)  queen
 * 1)  queen
 * 1)  queen

Usage notes

 * The surname is not to be confused with the surname.

Usage notes
In the traditional-Chinese literate context, the use of as a variant of  is mostly confined to the occurrences in a few well-known historical texts such as the  (《大學》).

Etymology 1
From.

Affix

 * 1) monarch, ruler, sovereign
 * 2) empress, queen, or other female monarch

Etymology 2
Derivation.

Possibly originally a contraction of.

Noun

 * 1) an empress
 * 2) any other wife of a male aristocrat, such as a queen
 * 1) any other wife of a male aristocrat, such as a queen

Etymology 3
→ →

Sound shift from kisaki above.

Appears to be less common in isolation than the kisaki reading above.

Etymology
From.