後事

See also: 后事

Chinese

 
back; behind; rear
back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later
 
matter; thing; item
matter; thing; item; work; affair
trad. (後事) 後 事
simp. (后事) 后 事
anagram 事後/事后

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 後 後 事
Reading # 1/2 2/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 匣 (33) 匣 (33) 崇 (20)
Final (韻) 侯 (137) 侯 (137) 之 (19)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Departing (H) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division (等) I I III
Fanqie 胡口切 胡遘切 鉏吏切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦəuX/ /ɦəuH/ /d͡ʒɨH/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦəuX/ /ɦəuH/ /ɖ͡ʐɨH/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣəuX/ /ɣəuH/ /d͡ʒieH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦəwX/ /ɦəwH/ /ɖ͡ʐɨH/
Li
Rong
/ɣuX/ /ɣuH/ /d͡ʒiəH/
Wang
Li
/ɣəuX/ /ɣəuH/ /d͡ʒĭəH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ɣə̯uX/ /ɣə̯uH/ /ɖ͡ʐʱiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
hòu hòu zhì
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
hau6 hau6 zi6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 後 事
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
hòu shì
Middle
Chinese
‹ huwX › ‹ dzriH ›
Old
Chinese
/*[ɢ]ˁ(r)oʔ/ /*[m-s-]rəʔ-s/
English after serve; service, affair

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 後 後 事
Reading # 1/2 2/2 2/2
No. 5178 5179 11486
Phonetic
component
後 後 史
Rime
group
侯 侯 之
Rime
subdivision
0 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
厚 𠋫 事
Old
Chinese
/*ɢoːʔ/ /*ɢoːs/ /*zrɯs/
Notes 甲文象足受系而遲後(文源) 史吏轉註字

Noun

後事

  1. (literary) aftermath; future events
  2. (archaic) successor
  3. funeral arrangements

Japanese

Kanji in this term
後 事
こう
Grade: 2
じ
Grade: 3

Noun

後(こう)事(じ) • (kōji) 

  1. future affairs, unfinished business
    彼(かれ )に後事( こうじ )を託( たく)す。
    Kare ni kōji o takusu.
    Ask him to see to my affairs.

Usage notes

Often used to refer to affairs or duties left unfinished after one's death.

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