"后" meaning in All languages combined

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Character [Chinese]

IPA: /xoʊ̯⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /hɐu̯²²/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /heu̯⁵⁵/ [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sinological-IPA, Sixian], /hɑu²⁴²/ [Fuzhou, Sinological-IPA], /hiɤ³³/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /hio⁴¹/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /hio³³/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /hio²²/ [Hokkien, Xiamen, Zhangzhou], /hio²²/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /hɔ⁴¹/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /hɔ³³/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung, Taipei], /hɔ²²/ [Hokkien, Xiamen, Zhangzhou], /hou³⁵/ [Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /xoʊ̯⁵¹/, /hɐu̯²²/, /heu̯⁵⁵/, /hɑu²⁴²/, /hiɤ³³/, /hio⁴¹/, /hio³³/, /hio²²/, /hio²²/, /hɔ⁴¹/, /hɔ³³/, /hɔ²²/, /hou³⁵/, /ɦɤ²³/ Chinese transliterations: hòu [Mandarin, Pinyin], hou⁴ [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄏㄡˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], hau⁶ [Cantonese, Jyutping], heu [Hakka, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], hâiu, hiō [Hokkien, POJ], hiǒ [Hokkien, POJ], hō͘ [Hokkien, POJ], hou⁶ [Peng'im, Teochew], ⁶gheu, hòu [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], hòu [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], hou⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], hòu [Mandarin, Yale], how [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], хоу [Mandarin, Palladius], xou [Mandarin, Palladius], hauh [Cantonese, Yale], hau⁶ [Cantonese, Pinyin], heo⁶ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], heu [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], heu [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], heu⁴ [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], hâiu [Foochow-Romanized, Fuzhou], hiō [Hokkien, Tai-lo], hioi [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], hiǒ [Hokkien, Tai-lo], hōo [Hokkien, Tai-lo], ho [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], hŏu [POJ, Teochew], ⁶gheu [Wu], gheu^去 [Wu], ³hheu [Wu], /ɦɤ²³/ [Wu], huwX [Middle-Chinese], huwH [Middle-Chinese], /*ɢˤ(r)oʔ/ [Baxter-Sagart, Old-Chinese], /*ɡoːʔ/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang], /*ɡoːs/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang]
Etymology: From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m/s-gaw (“head”). Cognate with Tibetan གོ (go, “head; headman”), མགོ (mgo, “head, top, beginning”). Etymology templates: {{inh|zh|sit-pro|*m/s-gaw||head}} Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m/s-gaw (“head”), {{cog|bo|གོ||head; headman}} Tibetan གོ (go, “head; headman”), {{m|bo|མགོ||head, top, beginning}} མགོ (mgo, “head, top, beginning”) Head templates: {{head|zh|hanzi}} 后
  1. king; ruler; emperor Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-后-zh-character-2frV67Tx
  2. ^⁜ queen; empress
    Sense id: en-后-zh-character-tKqmmx4F Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 10 12 41 37
  3. (chess) queen Categories (topical): Chess
    Sense id: en-后-zh-character-qcPB92dF Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 10 12 41 37 Topics: board-games, chess, games
  4. a surname
    Sense id: en-后-zh-character-v2O7m9sM Categories (other): Chinese surnames, Chinese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 10 12 41 37
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1 Derived forms: 仙后座 (Xiānhòuzuò), 元后, 后冠, 后土 (hòutǔ), 后妃 (hòufēi), 后帝 (hòudì), 后座 (hòuzuò), 后王 (hòuwáng), 后皇, 后稷 (Hòujì), 后羿 (Hòuyì), 后羿射日, 后辛, 后辟, 后里 (Hòulǐ), 夏后氏 (Xiàhòushì), 大天后宮, 大天后宫, 天后 (Tiānhòu), 太后 (tàihòu), 太皇太后 (tài huáng tàihòu), 川后, 影后 (yǐnghòu), 慈安太后, 慈禧太后 (Cíxǐ Tàihòu), 武后, 母后 (mǔhòu), 王后 (wánghòu), 甄后, 皇后 (huánghòu), 皇太后 (huángtàihòu), 皇天后土 (huángtiānhòutǔ), 稱王封后, 称王封后, 竇太后, 窦太后, 群后, 蕭太后, 萧太后, 西后, 西太后 (Xītàihòu), 賀后罵殿, 贺后骂殿, 賈后, 贾后, 韋后, 韦后, 風后, 风后, 馬后練服, 马后练服, 齊后破環, 齐后破环 Related terms: (wáng), 國王 (guówáng), 国王 (guówáng), 皇后 (huánghòu), (), (), 城堡 (chéngbǎo), (xiàng), 主教 (zhǔjiào), (), (), 騎士 (qíshì), 骑士 (qíshì), (bīng)

Affix [Japanese]

Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (こう)), [romanization]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese 后 (MC huwX|huwH). Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ltc|-|sort=こう}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|后}} 后 (MC huwX|huwH) Head templates: {{ja-pos|affix|こう}} 后(こう) • (kō)
  1. monarch, ruler, sovereign
    Sense id: en-后-ja-affix-2T7oz3cu
  2. empress, queen, or other female monarch
    Sense id: en-后-ja-affix-pgi0bcAP Categories (other): Japanese affixes, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese affixes: 23 77 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 20 80
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 皇后 (kōgō) (ruby: (こう), (ごう)), 后稷 (kōshoku) (ruby: (こう), (しょく)), 后妃 (kōhi) (ruby: (こう), ()), 王后 (ōkō) (ruby: (おう), (こう)), 皇太后 (kōtaigō) (ruby: (こう), (たい), (ごう)), 三后 (sangō) (ruby: (さん), (ごう)), 准后 (jugō) (ruby: (じゅ), (ごう)), 太后 (taikō) (ruby: (たい), (こう)), 母后 (bokō) (ruby: (), (こう)), 立后 (rikkō) (ruby: (りっ), (こう))
Etymology number: 1

Character [Japanese]

  1. Tags: grade-6-kanji, kanji, no-gloss Derived forms: 大后 (konioruku) (ruby: 大后(コニオルク))
    Sense id: en-后-ja-character-47DEQpj8 Categories (other): Grade 6 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant transliterations
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 皇后 (kōgō) (ruby: (こう), (ごう))

Noun [Japanese]

IPA: [kʲisa̠kʲi] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (きさき)), kisaki [romanization]
Etymology: Derivation unknown. Possibly originally a contraction of 君幸 (kimi saki, literally “lordly good fortune”). Etymology templates: {{unk|ja|nocap=1|sort=きさき}} unknown, {{m|ja|君幸|lit=lordly good fortune|tr=kimi saki}} 君幸 (kimi saki, literally “lordly good fortune”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|きさき}} 后(きさき) • (kisaki)
  1. an empress Synonyms: 皇后
    Sense id: en-后-ja-noun-W0YjNRyq
  2. any other wife of a male aristocrat, such as a queen
    Sense id: en-后-ja-noun-t~Rmxm~l Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 8 18 0 22 52 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 2 9 11 68 10 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 2 9 12 67 10 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 5 18 23 43 10 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 2 8 10 68 12
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 后がね (kisakigane) (ruby: (きさき)), 后の宮 (kisaki no miya) (ruby: (きさき), (みや)), 后腹 (kisakibara) (ruby: (きさき), (ばら)), 大后 (ōkisaki) (ruby: (おお), (きさき)), 母后 (hahakisaki) (ruby: (はは), (きさき))
Etymology number: 2

Noun [Japanese]

Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (きさい)), kisai [romanization]
Etymology: /kisaki/ → /kisaĩ/ → /kisai/ Sound shift from kisaki above. Appears to be less common in isolation than the kisaki reading above. Head templates: {{ja-noun|きさい}} 后(きさい) • (kisai)
  1. (uncommon, archaic) Same as きさき (kisaki) above Tags: archaic, uncommon Synonyms: きさき [synonym, synonym-of] Derived forms: 后の宮 (kisai no miya) (ruby: (きさい), (みや)), 后腹 (kisaibara) (ruby: (きさい), (ばら)), 大后 (ōkisai) (ruby: (おお), (きさい))
    Sense id: en-后-ja-noun-OOBawZCz
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Character [Korean]

IPA: [ɸʷu] [SK-Standard, Seoul] Forms: 임금 후 [eumhun]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese 后 (MC huwH). Etymology templates: {{der|ko|ltc|-|sort=후}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|后|id=2}} 后 (MC huwH), {{lang|okm|ᅘᅮᇢ〮}} ᅘᅮᇢ〮, {{l|ko|東國正韻 / 동국정운|lit=|pos=|sc=|t=|tr=-}} 東國正韻 / 동국정운, {{lw|ko|s:동국정운|東國正韻 / 동국정운|tr=-}} 東國正韻 / 동국정운, {{hanja-dongguk|ᅘᅮᇢ〮|hhwúw}} Recorded as Middle Korean ᅘᅮᇢ〮 (Yale: hhwúw) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448., {{m|okm|후〯}} 후〯 (hwǔ), {{l|ko|訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회|lit=|pos=|sc=|t=|tr=-}} 訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회, {{lw|ko|s:훈몽자회/人類#중01A|訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회|tr=-}} 訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회, {{hanja-hunmong|후〯|hwǔ|人類#중01A}} Recorded as Middle Korean 후〯 (hwǔ) (Yale: hwǔ) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527., {{collapse|* Recorded as Middle Korean ᅘᅮᇢ〮 (Yale: hhwúw) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448. * Recorded as Middle Korean <i class="Kore mention" lang="okm">후〯</i> (hwǔ) (Yale: hwǔ) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.|Historical readings|bg=#FFFFFF}} Head templates: {{ko-hanja|임금|후}} 后 (eumhun 임금 후 (imgeum hu))
  1. Hanja form of 후 (“ruler; monarch”). Tags: alt-of, hanja Alternative form of: (extra: ruler; monarch)
    Sense id: en-后-ko-character-DZi9cZzo Categories (other): Korean entries with incorrect language header, Korean links with redundant wikilinks, Korean terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Korean entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of Korean links with redundant wikilinks: 49 51 Disambiguation of Korean terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 49 51
  2. (suffix) Hanja form of 후 (“queen; empress”). Tags: alt-of, hanja, suffix Alternative form of: (extra: queen; empress)
    Sense id: en-后-ko-character-4G3Fgzgy Categories (other): Korean entries with incorrect language header, Korean links with redundant wikilinks, Korean terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Korean entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of Korean links with redundant wikilinks: 49 51 Disambiguation of Korean terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 49 51
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 후궁 (hugung) (alt: 后宮), 후비 (hubi) (alt: 后妃), 후직 (Hujik) (alt: 后稷), 후토 (huto) (alt: 后土), 곤후 (gonhu) (alt: 坤后), 왕후 (wanghu) (alt: 王后), 태후 (taehu) (alt: 太后), 황후 (hwanghu) (alt: 皇后), 황태후 (hwangtaehu) (alt: 皇太后), 태황태후 (taehwangtaehu) (alt: 太皇太后)

Character [Translingual]

  1. 后 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 竹一口 (HMR), four-corner 7226₁, composition ⿸𠂋口)

Character [Vietnamese]

Forms: hậu [Hán-Nôm]
  1. Tags: no-gloss
    Sense id: en-后-vi-character-47DEQpj8

Download JSON data for 后 meaning in All languages combined (22.6kB)

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "Xiānhòuzuò",
      "word": "仙后座"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "元后"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "后冠"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "hòutǔ",
      "word": "后土"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "hòufēi",
      "word": "后妃"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "hòudì",
      "word": "后帝"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "hòuzuò",
      "word": "后座"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "hòuwáng",
      "word": "后王"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "后皇"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "Hòujì",
      "word": "后稷"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "Hòuyì",
      "word": "后羿"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "后羿射日"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "后辛"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "后辟"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "Hòulǐ",
      "word": "后里"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "Xiàhòushì",
      "word": "夏后氏"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "大天后宮"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "大天后宫"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "Tiānhòu",
      "word": "天后"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "tàihòu",
      "word": "太后"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "tài huáng tàihòu",
      "word": "太皇太后"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "川后"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "yǐnghòu",
      "word": "影后"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "慈安太后"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "Cíxǐ Tàihòu",
      "word": "慈禧太后"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "武后"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "mǔhòu",
      "word": "母后"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "wánghòu",
      "word": "王后"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "甄后"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "huánghòu",
      "word": "皇后"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "huángtàihòu",
      "word": "皇太后"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "huángtiānhòutǔ",
      "word": "皇天后土"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "稱王封后"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "称王封后"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "竇太后"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "窦太后"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "群后"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "蕭太后"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "萧太后"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "西后"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "Xītàihòu",
      "word": "西太后"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "賀后罵殿"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "贺后骂殿"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "賈后"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "贾后"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "韋后"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "韦后"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "風后"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "风后"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "馬后練服"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "马后练服"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "齊后破環"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "齐后破环"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
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        "4": "",
        "5": "head"
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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        "2": "གོ",
        "3": "",
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      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "མགོ",
        "3": "",
        "4": "head, top, beginning"
      },
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      "name": "m"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m/s-gaw (“head”). Cognate with Tibetan གོ (go, “head; headman”), མགོ (mgo, “head, top, beginning”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "hanzi"
      },
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "character",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "wáng",
      "word": "王"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "guówáng",
      "word": "國王"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "guówáng",
      "word": "国王"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "huánghòu",
      "word": "皇后"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "jū",
      "word": "車"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "jū",
      "word": "车"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "chéngbǎo",
      "word": "城堡"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "xiàng",
      "word": "象"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "zhǔjiào",
      "word": "主教"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "mǎ",
      "word": "馬"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "mǎ",
      "word": "马"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "qíshì",
      "word": "騎士"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "qíshì",
      "word": "骑士"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "bīng",
      "word": "兵"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Hou Ji, (literally, “Lord of Millet”) - legendary Chinese cultural hero and progenitor of the Zhou dynasty",
          "roman": "Hòujì",
          "text": "后稷",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "king; ruler; emperor"
      ],
      "id": "en-后-zh-character-2frV67Tx",
      "links": [
        [
          "king",
          "king"
        ],
        [
          "ruler",
          "ruler"
        ],
        [
          "emperor",
          "emperor"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "10 12 41 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "queen",
          "roman": "wánghòu",
          "text": "王后",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "^⁜ queen; empress"
      ],
      "id": "en-后-zh-character-tKqmmx4F",
      "links": [
        [
          "queen",
          "queen"
        ],
        [
          "empress",
          "empress"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "Chess",
          "orig": "zh:Chess",
          "parents": [
            "Board games",
            "Tabletop games",
            "Games",
            "Recreation",
            "Human activity",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 12 41 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "queen"
      ],
      "id": "en-后-zh-character-qcPB92dF",
      "links": [
        [
          "chess",
          "chess"
        ],
        [
          "queen",
          "queen"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chess) queen"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "board-games",
        "chess",
        "games"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese surnames",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 12 41 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a surname"
      ],
      "id": "en-后-zh-character-v2O7m9sM",
      "links": [
        [
          "surname",
          "surname"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hòu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hou⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄏㄡˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hau⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "heu"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "hâiu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hiō"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hiǒ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hō͘"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hou⁶"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁶gheu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hòu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hòu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hou⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hòu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "how"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "хоу"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xou"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xoʊ̯⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hauh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hau⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "heo⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɐu̯²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "heu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "heu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "heu⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/heu̯⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Fuzhou"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hâiu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɑu²⁴²/",
      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hiō"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hioi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hiɤ³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hio⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hio³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hio²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hiǒ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hio²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hōo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ho"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔ⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔ³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔ²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hŏu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hou³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁶gheu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gheu^去"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "³hheu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/ɦɤ²³/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huwX"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huwH"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Baxter-Sagart",
        "Old-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*ɢˤ(r)oʔ/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*ɡoːʔ/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*ɡoːs/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/ hiǒ /"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xoʊ̯⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɐu̯²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/heu̯⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɑu²⁴²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hiɤ³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hio⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hio³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hio²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hio²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔ⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔ³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔ²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hou³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɦɤ²³/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*ɢˤ(r)oʔ/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*ɡoːʔ/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*ɡoːs/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "后"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "kōgō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "皇",
          "こう"
        ],
        [
          "后",
          "ごう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "皇后"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Grade 6 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "roman": "konioruku",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "大后",
              "コニオルク"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "大后"
        }
      ],
      "id": "en-后-ja-character-47DEQpj8",
      "tags": [
        "grade-6-kanji",
        "kanji",
        "no-gloss"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "后"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "kōgō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "皇",
          "こう"
        ],
        [
          "后",
          "ごう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "皇后"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "kōshoku",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "后",
          "こう"
        ],
        [
          "稷",
          "しょく"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "后稷"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "kōhi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "后",
          "こう"
        ],
        [
          "妃",
          "ひ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "后妃"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "ōkō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "王",
          "おう"
        ],
        [
          "后",
          "こう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "王后"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "kōtaigō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "皇",
          "こう"
        ],
        [
          "太",
          "たい"
        ],
        [
          "后",
          "ごう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "皇太后"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "sangō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "三",
          "さん"
        ],
        [
          "后",
          "ごう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "三后"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "jugō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "准",
          "じゅ"
        ],
        [
          "后",
          "ごう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "准后"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "taikō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "太",
          "たい"
        ],
        [
          "后",
          "こう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "太后"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "bokō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "母",
          "ぼ"
        ],
        [
          "后",
          "こう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "母后"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "rikkō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "立",
          "りっ"
        ],
        [
          "后",
          "こう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "立后"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "ltc",
        "3": "-",
        "sort": "こう"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Chinese",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "后"
      },
      "expansion": "后 (MC huwX|huwH)",
      "name": "ltc-l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Chinese 后 (MC huwX|huwH).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "后",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "后",
          "こう"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kō",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "こう"
      },
      "expansion": "后(こう) • (kō)",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "affix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "monarch, ruler, sovereign"
      ],
      "id": "en-后-ja-affix-2T7oz3cu",
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        [
          "monarch",
          "monarch"
        ],
        [
          "ruler",
          "ruler"
        ],
        [
          "sovereign",
          "sovereign#Noun"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "23 77",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 80",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "empress, queen, or other female monarch"
      ],
      "id": "en-后-ja-affix-pgi0bcAP",
      "links": [
        [
          "empress",
          "empress"
        ],
        [
          "queen",
          "queen"
        ],
        [
          "female",
          "female"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "后"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "kisakigane",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "后",
          "きさき"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "后がね"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "kisaki no miya",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "后",
          "きさき"
        ],
        [
          "宮",
          "みや"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "后の宮"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "kisakibara",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "后",
          "きさき"
        ],
        [
          "腹",
          "ばら"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "后腹"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "ōkisaki",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "大",
          "おお"
        ],
        [
          "后",
          "きさき"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "大后"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "hahakisaki",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "母",
          "はは"
        ],
        [
          "后",
          "きさき"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "母后"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "nocap": "1",
        "sort": "きさき"
      },
      "expansion": "unknown",
      "name": "unk"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "君幸",
        "lit": "lordly good fortune",
        "tr": "kimi saki"
      },
      "expansion": "君幸 (kimi saki, literally “lordly good fortune”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Derivation unknown.\nPossibly originally a contraction of 君幸 (kimi saki, literally “lordly good fortune”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "后",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "后",
          "きさき"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kisaki",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "きさき"
      },
      "expansion": "后(きさき) • (kisaki)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "an empress"
      ],
      "id": "en-后-ja-noun-W0YjNRyq",
      "links": [
        [
          "empress",
          "empress"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "皇后"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "8 18 0 22 52",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 9 11 68 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 9 12 67 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 18 23 43 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with multiple readings",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 8 10 68 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "any other wife of a male aristocrat, such as a queen"
      ],
      "id": "en-后-ja-noun-t~Rmxm~l",
      "links": [
        [
          "wife",
          "wife"
        ],
        [
          "male",
          "male"
        ],
        [
          "aristocrat",
          "aristocrat"
        ],
        [
          "queen",
          "queen"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "きさき"
    },
    {
      "other": "きさき"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʲisa̠kʲi]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "后"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 3,
  "etymology_text": "/kisaki/ → /kisaĩ/ → /kisai/\nSound shift from kisaki above.\nAppears to be less common in isolation than the kisaki reading above.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "后",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "后",
          "きさい"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kisai",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "きさい"
      },
      "expansion": "后(きさい) • (kisai)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "derived": [
        {
          "roman": "kisai no miya",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "后",
              "きさい"
            ],
            [
              "宮",
              "みや"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "后の宮"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kisaibara",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "后",
              "きさい"
            ],
            [
              "腹",
              "ばら"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "后腹"
        },
        {
          "roman": "ōkisai",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "大",
              "おお"
            ],
            [
              "后",
              "きさい"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "大后"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "c. 1001–1014, Murasaki Shikibu, Genji Monogatari (Agemaki)",
          "roman": "“Moshi, yononaka utsurite, mikado, kisai no, oboshi-okitsuru mama ni mo, owashimasaba...”",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "世",
              "よ"
            ],
            [
              "中",
              "なか"
            ],
            [
              "移",
              "うつ"
            ],
            [
              "帝",
              "みかど"
            ],
            [
              "后",
              "きさい"
            ],
            [
              "思",
              "おぼ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "「もし、世の中移りて、帝・后の、思しおきつるままにも、おはしまさば...」"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Same as きさき (kisaki) above"
      ],
      "id": "en-后-ja-noun-OOBawZCz",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncommon, archaic) Same as きさき (kisaki) above"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "extra": "(kisaki) above",
          "tags": [
            "synonym",
            "synonym-of"
          ],
          "word": "きさき"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "uncommon"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "ja:大辞林",
    "ja:松村明"
  ],
  "word": "后"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "alt": "后宮",
      "roman": "hugung",
      "word": "후궁"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "alt": "后妃",
      "roman": "hubi",
      "word": "후비"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "alt": "后稷",
      "roman": "Hujik",
      "word": "후직"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "alt": "后土",
      "roman": "huto",
      "word": "후토"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "alt": "坤后",
      "roman": "gonhu",
      "word": "곤후"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "alt": "王后",
      "roman": "wanghu",
      "word": "왕후"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "alt": "太后",
      "roman": "taehu",
      "word": "태후"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "alt": "皇后",
      "roman": "hwanghu",
      "word": "황후"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "alt": "皇太后",
      "roman": "hwangtaehu",
      "word": "황태후"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "alt": "太皇太后",
      "roman": "taehwangtaehu",
      "word": "태황태후"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ko",
        "2": "ltc",
        "3": "-",
        "sort": "후"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Chinese",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "后",
        "id": "2"
      },
      "expansion": "后 (MC huwH)",
      "name": "ltc-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "okm",
        "2": "ᅘᅮᇢ〮"
      },
      "expansion": "ᅘᅮᇢ〮",
      "name": "lang"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ko",
        "2": "東國正韻 / 동국정운",
        "lit": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "t": "",
        "tr": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "東國正韻 / 동국정운",
      "name": "l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ko",
        "2": "s:동국정운",
        "3": "東國正韻 / 동국정운",
        "tr": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "東國正韻 / 동국정운",
      "name": "lw"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ᅘᅮᇢ〮",
        "2": "hhwúw"
      },
      "expansion": "Recorded as Middle Korean ᅘᅮᇢ〮 (Yale: hhwúw) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.",
      "name": "hanja-dongguk"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "okm",
        "2": "후〯"
      },
      "expansion": "후〯 (hwǔ)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ko",
        "2": "訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회",
        "lit": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "t": "",
        "tr": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회",
      "name": "l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ko",
        "2": "s:훈몽자회/人類#중01A",
        "3": "訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회",
        "tr": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회",
      "name": "lw"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "후〯",
        "2": "hwǔ",
        "3": "人類#중01A"
      },
      "expansion": "Recorded as Middle Korean 후〯 (hwǔ) (Yale: hwǔ) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.",
      "name": "hanja-hunmong"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "* Recorded as Middle Korean ᅘᅮᇢ〮 (Yale: hhwúw) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.\n* Recorded as Middle Korean <i class=\"Kore mention\" lang=\"okm\">후〯</i> (hwǔ) (Yale: hwǔ) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.",
        "2": "Historical readings",
        "bg": "#FFFFFF"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "collapse"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Chinese 后 (MC huwH).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "임금 후",
      "roman": "imgeum hu",
      "tags": [
        "eumhun"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "임금",
        "2": "후"
      },
      "expansion": "后 (eumhun 임금 후 (imgeum hu))",
      "name": "ko-hanja"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Korean",
  "lang_code": "ko",
  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "ruler; monarch",
          "word": "후"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "48 52",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Korean entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "49 51",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Korean links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "49 51",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Korean terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Hanja form of 후 (“ruler; monarch”)."
      ],
      "id": "en-后-ko-character-DZi9cZzo",
      "links": [
        [
          "Hanja",
          "hanja#English"
        ],
        [
          "후",
          "후#Korean"
        ],
        [
          "ruler",
          "ruler"
        ],
        [
          "monarch",
          "monarch"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "Hanja"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "hanja"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "queen; empress",
          "word": "후"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "48 52",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Korean entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "49 51",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Korean links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "49 51",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Korean terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Hanja form of 후 (“queen; empress”)."
      ],
      "id": "en-后-ko-character-4G3Fgzgy",
      "links": [
        [
          "Hanja",
          "hanja#English"
        ],
        [
          "후",
          "후#Korean"
        ],
        [
          "queen",
          "queen"
        ],
        [
          "empress",
          "empress"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(suffix) Hanja form of 후 (“queen; empress”)."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "Hanja"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "hanja",
        "suffix"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ɸʷu]",
      "tags": [
        "SK-Standard",
        "Seoul"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[후]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Dongguk Jeongun"
  ],
  "word": "后"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hậu",
      "tags": [
        "Hán-Nôm"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Vietnamese",
  "lang_code": "vi",
  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "id": "en-后-vi-character-47DEQpj8",
      "raw_tags": [
        "han"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "no-gloss"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "后"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Chinese Han characters",
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese nouns",
    "Chinese terms derived from Proto-Sino-Tibetan",
    "Chinese terms inherited from Proto-Sino-Tibetan",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Eastern Min lemmas",
    "Eastern Min nouns",
    "Middle Chinese lemmas",
    "Old Chinese lemmas",
    "cmn:Chess"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "Xiānhòuzuò",
      "word": "仙后座"
    },
    {
      "word": "元后"
    },
    {
      "word": "后冠"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hòutǔ",
      "word": "后土"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hòufēi",
      "word": "后妃"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hòudì",
      "word": "后帝"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hòuzuò",
      "word": "后座"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hòuwáng",
      "word": "后王"
    },
    {
      "word": "后皇"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Hòujì",
      "word": "后稷"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Hòuyì",
      "word": "后羿"
    },
    {
      "word": "后羿射日"
    },
    {
      "word": "后辛"
    },
    {
      "word": "后辟"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Hòulǐ",
      "word": "后里"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Xiàhòushì",
      "word": "夏后氏"
    },
    {
      "word": "大天后宮"
    },
    {
      "word": "大天后宫"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Tiānhòu",
      "word": "天后"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tàihòu",
      "word": "太后"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tài huáng tàihòu",
      "word": "太皇太后"
    },
    {
      "word": "川后"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yǐnghòu",
      "word": "影后"
    },
    {
      "word": "慈安太后"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Cíxǐ Tàihòu",
      "word": "慈禧太后"
    },
    {
      "word": "武后"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mǔhòu",
      "word": "母后"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wánghòu",
      "word": "王后"
    },
    {
      "word": "甄后"
    },
    {
      "roman": "huánghòu",
      "word": "皇后"
    },
    {
      "roman": "huángtàihòu",
      "word": "皇太后"
    },
    {
      "roman": "huángtiānhòutǔ",
      "word": "皇天后土"
    },
    {
      "word": "稱王封后"
    },
    {
      "word": "称王封后"
    },
    {
      "word": "竇太后"
    },
    {
      "word": "窦太后"
    },
    {
      "word": "群后"
    },
    {
      "word": "蕭太后"
    },
    {
      "word": "萧太后"
    },
    {
      "word": "西后"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Xītàihòu",
      "word": "西太后"
    },
    {
      "word": "賀后罵殿"
    },
    {
      "word": "贺后骂殿"
    },
    {
      "word": "賈后"
    },
    {
      "word": "贾后"
    },
    {
      "word": "韋后"
    },
    {
      "word": "韦后"
    },
    {
      "word": "風后"
    },
    {
      "word": "风后"
    },
    {
      "word": "馬后練服"
    },
    {
      "word": "马后练服"
    },
    {
      "word": "齊后破環"
    },
    {
      "word": "齐后破环"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "sit-pro",
        "3": "*m/s-gaw",
        "4": "",
        "5": "head"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m/s-gaw (“head”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bo",
        "2": "གོ",
        "3": "",
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      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bo",
        "2": "མགོ",
        "3": "",
        "4": "head, top, beginning"
      },
      "expansion": "མགོ (mgo, “head, top, beginning”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m/s-gaw (“head”). Cognate with Tibetan གོ (go, “head; headman”), མགོ (mgo, “head, top, beginning”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "hanzi"
      },
      "expansion": "后",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "character",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "wáng",
      "word": "王"
    },
    {
      "roman": "guówáng",
      "word": "國王"
    },
    {
      "roman": "guówáng",
      "word": "国王"
    },
    {
      "roman": "huánghòu",
      "word": "皇后"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jū",
      "word": "車"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jū",
      "word": "车"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chéngbǎo",
      "word": "城堡"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiàng",
      "word": "象"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhǔjiào",
      "word": "主教"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mǎ",
      "word": "馬"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mǎ",
      "word": "马"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qíshì",
      "word": "騎士"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qíshì",
      "word": "骑士"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bīng",
      "word": "兵"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "Hou Ji, (literally, “Lord of Millet”) - legendary Chinese cultural hero and progenitor of the Zhou dynasty",
          "roman": "Hòujì",
          "text": "后稷",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "king; ruler; emperor"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "king",
          "king"
        ],
        [
          "ruler",
          "ruler"
        ],
        [
          "emperor",
          "emperor"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese terms with obsolete senses",
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "queen",
          "roman": "wánghòu",
          "text": "王后",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "^⁜ queen; empress"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "queen",
          "queen"
        ],
        [
          "empress",
          "empress"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "zh:Chess"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "queen"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "chess",
          "chess"
        ],
        [
          "queen",
          "queen"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chess) queen"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "board-games",
        "chess",
        "games"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese surnames"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a surname"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "surname",
          "surname"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hòu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hou⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄏㄡˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hau⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "heu"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "hâiu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hiō"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hiǒ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hō͘"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hou⁶"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁶gheu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hòu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hòu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hou⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hòu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "how"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "хоу"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xou"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xoʊ̯⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hauh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hau⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "heo⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɐu̯²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "heu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "heu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "heu⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/heu̯⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Fuzhou"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hâiu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɑu²⁴²/",
      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hiō"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hioi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hiɤ³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hio⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hio³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hio²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hiǒ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hio²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hōo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ho"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔ⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔ³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔ²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hŏu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hou³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁶gheu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gheu^去"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "³hheu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/ɦɤ²³/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huwX"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huwH"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Baxter-Sagart",
        "Old-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*ɢˤ(r)oʔ/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*ɡoːʔ/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*ɡoːs/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/ hiǒ /"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xoʊ̯⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɐu̯²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/heu̯⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɑu²⁴²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hiɤ³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hio⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hio³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hio²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hio²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔ⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔ³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔ²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hou³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɦɤ²³/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*ɢˤ(r)oʔ/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*ɡoːʔ/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*ɡoːs/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "后"
}

{
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "soft-redirect",
  "redirects": [
    "後"
  ],
  "word": "后"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Grade 6 kanji",
    "Japanese Han characters",
    "Japanese kanji with goon reading ぐ",
    "Japanese kanji with historical kan'on reading こう",
    "Japanese kanji with kan'on reading こう",
    "Japanese kanji with kan'yōon reading ご",
    "Japanese kanji with kan'yōon reading ごう",
    "Japanese kanji with kun reading きさき",
    "Japanese terms spelled with 后",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
    "Japanese terms with redundant transliterations"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "kōgō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "皇",
          "こう"
        ],
        [
          "后",
          "ごう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "皇后"
    },
    {
      "roman": "konioruku",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "大后",
          "コニオルク"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "大后"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "grade-6-kanji",
        "kanji",
        "no-gloss"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "后"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Japanese affixes",
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese single-kanji terms",
    "Japanese terms derived from Middle Chinese",
    "Japanese terms spelled with sixth grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with 后",
    "Japanese terms with multiple readings",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms written with one Han script character"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "kōshoku",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "后",
          "こう"
        ],
        [
          "稷",
          "しょく"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "后稷"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kōhi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "后",
          "こう"
        ],
        [
          "妃",
          "ひ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "后妃"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ōkō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "王",
          "おう"
        ],
        [
          "后",
          "こう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "王后"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kōgō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "皇",
          "こう"
        ],
        [
          "后",
          "ごう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "皇后"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kōtaigō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "皇",
          "こう"
        ],
        [
          "太",
          "たい"
        ],
        [
          "后",
          "ごう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "皇太后"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sangō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "三",
          "さん"
        ],
        [
          "后",
          "ごう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "三后"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jugō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "准",
          "じゅ"
        ],
        [
          "后",
          "ごう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "准后"
    },
    {
      "roman": "taikō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "太",
          "たい"
        ],
        [
          "后",
          "こう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "太后"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bokō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "母",
          "ぼ"
        ],
        [
          "后",
          "こう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "母后"
    },
    {
      "roman": "rikkō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "立",
          "りっ"
        ],
        [
          "后",
          "こう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "立后"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "ltc",
        "3": "-",
        "sort": "こう"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Chinese",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "后"
      },
      "expansion": "后 (MC huwX|huwH)",
      "name": "ltc-l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Chinese 后 (MC huwX|huwH).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "后",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "后",
          "こう"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kō",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "affix",
        "2": "こう"
      },
      "expansion": "后(こう) • (kō)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "affix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "monarch, ruler, sovereign"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "monarch",
          "monarch"
        ],
        [
          "ruler",
          "ruler"
        ],
        [
          "sovereign",
          "sovereign#Noun"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "empress, queen, or other female monarch"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "empress",
          "empress"
        ],
        [
          "queen",
          "queen"
        ],
        [
          "female",
          "female"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "后"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese single-kanji terms",
    "Japanese terms spelled with sixth grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with 后",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with multiple readings",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms with unknown etymologies",
    "Japanese terms written with one Han script character"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "kisakigane",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "后",
          "きさき"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "后がね"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kisaki no miya",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "后",
          "きさき"
        ],
        [
          "宮",
          "みや"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "后の宮"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kisakibara",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "后",
          "きさき"
        ],
        [
          "腹",
          "ばら"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "后腹"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ōkisaki",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "大",
          "おお"
        ],
        [
          "后",
          "きさき"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "大后"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hahakisaki",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "母",
          "はは"
        ],
        [
          "后",
          "きさき"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "母后"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "nocap": "1",
        "sort": "きさき"
      },
      "expansion": "unknown",
      "name": "unk"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "君幸",
        "lit": "lordly good fortune",
        "tr": "kimi saki"
      },
      "expansion": "君幸 (kimi saki, literally “lordly good fortune”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Derivation unknown.\nPossibly originally a contraction of 君幸 (kimi saki, literally “lordly good fortune”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "后",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "后",
          "きさき"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kisaki",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "きさき"
      },
      "expansion": "后(きさき) • (kisaki)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "an empress"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "empress",
          "empress"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "皇后"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "any other wife of a male aristocrat, such as a queen"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wife",
          "wife"
        ],
        [
          "male",
          "male"
        ],
        [
          "aristocrat",
          "aristocrat"
        ],
        [
          "queen",
          "queen"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "きさき"
    },
    {
      "other": "きさき"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʲisa̠kʲi]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "后"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese single-kanji terms",
    "Japanese terms spelled with sixth grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with 后",
    "Japanese terms with multiple readings",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms written with one Han script character"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "kisai no miya",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "后",
          "きさい"
        ],
        [
          "宮",
          "みや"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "后の宮"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kisaibara",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "后",
          "きさい"
        ],
        [
          "腹",
          "ばら"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "后腹"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ōkisai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "大",
          "おお"
        ],
        [
          "后",
          "きさい"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "大后"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 3,
  "etymology_text": "/kisaki/ → /kisaĩ/ → /kisai/\nSound shift from kisaki above.\nAppears to be less common in isolation than the kisaki reading above.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "后",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "后",
          "きさい"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kisai",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "きさい"
      },
      "expansion": "后(きさい) • (kisai)",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with archaic senses",
        "Japanese terms with uncommon senses",
        "Japanese terms with usage examples",
        "Requests for translations of Japanese usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "c. 1001–1014, Murasaki Shikibu, Genji Monogatari (Agemaki)",
          "roman": "“Moshi, yononaka utsurite, mikado, kisai no, oboshi-okitsuru mama ni mo, owashimasaba...”",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "世",
              "よ"
            ],
            [
              "中",
              "なか"
            ],
            [
              "移",
              "うつ"
            ],
            [
              "帝",
              "みかど"
            ],
            [
              "后",
              "きさい"
            ],
            [
              "思",
              "おぼ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "「もし、世の中移りて、帝・后の、思しおきつるままにも、おはしまさば...」"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Same as きさき (kisaki) above"
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncommon, archaic) Same as きさき (kisaki) above"
      ],
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        {
          "extra": "(kisaki) above",
          "tags": [
            "synonym",
            "synonym-of"
          ],
          "word": "きさき"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "uncommon"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "ja:大辞林",
    "ja:松村明"
  ],
  "word": "后"
}

{
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "soft-redirect",
  "redirects": [
    "後"
  ],
  "word": "后"
}

{
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    "Korean Han characters",
    "Korean entries with incorrect language header",
    "Korean lemmas",
    "Korean links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Korean terms derived from Middle Chinese",
    "Korean terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Middle Korean Han characters"
  ],
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      "alt": "后宮",
      "roman": "hugung",
      "word": "후궁"
    },
    {
      "alt": "后妃",
      "roman": "hubi",
      "word": "후비"
    },
    {
      "alt": "后稷",
      "roman": "Hujik",
      "word": "후직"
    },
    {
      "alt": "后土",
      "roman": "huto",
      "word": "후토"
    },
    {
      "alt": "坤后",
      "roman": "gonhu",
      "word": "곤후"
    },
    {
      "alt": "王后",
      "roman": "wanghu",
      "word": "왕후"
    },
    {
      "alt": "太后",
      "roman": "taehu",
      "word": "태후"
    },
    {
      "alt": "皇后",
      "roman": "hwanghu",
      "word": "황후"
    },
    {
      "alt": "皇太后",
      "roman": "hwangtaehu",
      "word": "황태후"
    },
    {
      "alt": "太皇太后",
      "roman": "taehwangtaehu",
      "word": "태황태후"
    }
  ],
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        "2": "ltc",
        "3": "-",
        "sort": "후"
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "后",
        "id": "2"
      },
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      "name": "ltc-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "okm",
        "2": "ᅘᅮᇢ〮"
      },
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      "name": "lang"
    },
    {
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        "2": "東國正韻 / 동국정운",
        "lit": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "t": "",
        "tr": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "東國正韻 / 동국정운",
      "name": "l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ko",
        "2": "s:동국정운",
        "3": "東國正韻 / 동국정운",
        "tr": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "東國正韻 / 동국정운",
      "name": "lw"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ᅘᅮᇢ〮",
        "2": "hhwúw"
      },
      "expansion": "Recorded as Middle Korean ᅘᅮᇢ〮 (Yale: hhwúw) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.",
      "name": "hanja-dongguk"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "okm",
        "2": "후〯"
      },
      "expansion": "후〯 (hwǔ)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ko",
        "2": "訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회",
        "lit": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "t": "",
        "tr": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회",
      "name": "l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ko",
        "2": "s:훈몽자회/人類#중01A",
        "3": "訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회",
        "tr": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회",
      "name": "lw"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "후〯",
        "2": "hwǔ",
        "3": "人類#중01A"
      },
      "expansion": "Recorded as Middle Korean 후〯 (hwǔ) (Yale: hwǔ) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.",
      "name": "hanja-hunmong"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "* Recorded as Middle Korean ᅘᅮᇢ〮 (Yale: hhwúw) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.\n* Recorded as Middle Korean <i class=\"Kore mention\" lang=\"okm\">후〯</i> (hwǔ) (Yale: hwǔ) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.",
        "2": "Historical readings",
        "bg": "#FFFFFF"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "collapse"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "form": "임금 후",
      "roman": "imgeum hu",
      "tags": [
        "eumhun"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "임금",
        "2": "후"
      },
      "expansion": "后 (eumhun 임금 후 (imgeum hu))",
      "name": "ko-hanja"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Korean",
  "lang_code": "ko",
  "pos": "character",
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    {
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        {
          "extra": "ruler; monarch",
          "word": "후"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Hanja form of 후 (“ruler; monarch”)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Hanja",
          "hanja#English"
        ],
        [
          "후",
          "후#Korean"
        ],
        [
          "ruler",
          "ruler"
        ],
        [
          "monarch",
          "monarch"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "Hanja"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "hanja"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "queen; empress",
          "word": "후"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Hanja form of 후 (“queen; empress”)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Hanja",
          "hanja#English"
        ],
        [
          "후",
          "후#Korean"
        ],
        [
          "queen",
          "queen"
        ],
        [
          "empress",
          "empress"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(suffix) Hanja form of 후 (“queen; empress”)."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "Hanja"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "hanja",
        "suffix"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "[ɸʷu]",
      "tags": [
        "SK-Standard",
        "Seoul"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[후]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Dongguk Jeongun"
  ],
  "word": "后"
}

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  "lang_code": "mul",
  "pos": "character",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Han script characters",
        "Translingual entries with incorrect language header",
        "Translingual lemmas",
        "Translingual symbols",
        "Translingual terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "Translingual terms with redundant script codes"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "后 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 竹一口 (HMR), four-corner 7226₁, composition ⿸𠂋口)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Kangxi radical",
          "Kangxi radical"
        ],
        [
          "𠂋",
          "𠂋#Translingual"
        ],
        [
          "口",
          "口#Translingual"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "han"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "后"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hậu",
      "tags": [
        "Hán-Nôm"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Vietnamese",
  "lang_code": "vi",
  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Vietnamese Han characters",
        "Vietnamese Han characters with unconfirmed readings",
        "Vietnamese lemmas"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "han"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "no-gloss"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "后"
}
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  "called_from": "pronunciations/296/20230324",
  "msg": "Zh-pron header not found in zh_pron_tags or tags: 'Eastern Min (BUC)'",
  "path": [
    "后"
  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "",
  "title": "后",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "pronunciations/296/20230324",
  "msg": "Zh-pron header not found in zh_pron_tags or tags: 'Southern Min'",
  "path": [
    "后"
  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "",
  "title": "后",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "pronunciations/296/20230324",
  "msg": "Zh-pron header not found in zh_pron_tags or tags: 'Eastern Min'",
  "path": [
    "后"
  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "",
  "title": "后",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "pronunciations/296/20230324",
  "msg": "Zh-pron header not found in zh_pron_tags or tags: '(Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺'",
  "path": [
    "后"
  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "",
  "title": "后",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "pronunciations/296/20230324",
  "msg": "Zh-pron header not found in zh_pron_tags or tags: '(Northern)'",
  "path": [
    "后"
  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "",
  "title": "后",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "pronunciations/296/20230324",
  "msg": "Zh-pron header not found in zh_pron_tags or tags: 'MiniDict'",
  "path": [
    "后"
  ],
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  "subsection": "",
  "title": "后",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "pronunciations/296/20230324",
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  "path": [
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  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "",
  "title": "后",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "pronunciations/296/20230324",
  "msg": "Zh-pron header not found in zh_pron_tags or tags: 'Sinological IPA (Shanghai)'",
  "path": [
    "后"
  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "",
  "title": "后",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "pronunciations/296/20230324",
  "msg": "Zh-pron header not found in zh_pron_tags or tags: 'Wugniu'",
  "path": [
    "后"
  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "",
  "title": "后",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "pronunciations/296/20230324",
  "msg": "Zh-pron header not found in zh_pron_tags or tags: 'Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai)'",
  "path": [
    "后"
  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "",
  "title": "后",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "pronunciations/296/20230324",
  "msg": "Zh-pron header not found in zh_pron_tags or tags: '(Shanghai):'",
  "path": [
    "后"
  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "",
  "title": "后",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "pronunciations/296/20230324",
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  "path": [
    "后"
  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "",
  "title": "后",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
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    "后"
  ],
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  "subsection": "affix",
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  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
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}

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  "subsection": "noun",
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}

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  "path": [],
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}

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  "called_from": "XYZunsorted",
  "msg": "后/Japanese/soft-redirect: missing \"senses\" in data (must have at least one sense, add empty sense with \"no-gloss\" tag if none otherwise available): {\"lang\": \"Japanese\", \"lang_code\": \"ja\", \"pos\": \"soft-redirect\", \"redirects\": [\"後\"], \"word\": \"后\"}",
  "path": [],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "soft-redirect",
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}

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