后顾之忧 hòugùzhīyōu

HSK level

Traditional form

後顧之憂

Part of speech

Idiom / 成语 chéngyǔ Chéngyǔ

后 Hòu

Explanation

后 Hòu (empress) and its mirror image 司 Sī (take charge) were originally used interchangeably. The origin of both characters is unclear. In simplified Chinese 后 Hòu is also used to mean "after, behind", while in traditional Chinese this meaning is written with a sepa

Positional decomposition

⿸？口 kǒu

Number of Strokes

顾 Gù

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Simplified form of 顧 gù . Phonosemantic compound. 頁 yè represents the meaning and 雇 gù represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

厄 è

Semantic compound

页 yè

Positional decomposition

⿰厄页

Number of Strokes

之 zhī

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Pictograph of a foot, phonetically and visually similar to 止 zhǐ , which also a pictograph of a foot.

Positional decomposition

⿱丶 diǎn ？

Number of Strokes

忧 yōu

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 忄 xīn represents the meaning and 尤 Yóu represents the sound. Simplified form of 憂 yōu .

Phonetic compound

尤 Yóu

Semantic compound

忄 xīn

Positional decomposition

⿰忄尤

Number of Strokes

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