空前绝后 kōngqiánjuéhòu

HSK level

Traditional form

空前絕後

Part of speech

Idiomatic phrase / 习用语 Xí yòngyǔ

空 kōng

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 穴 xué represents the meaning and 工 gōng represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

工 gōng

Semantic compound

穴 xué

Positional decomposition

⿱穴工

Number of Strokes

前 qián

Explanation

Depicts a boat (舟 zhōu ) moving (止 zhǐ ) forward (前 qián ).

Positional decomposition

⿱⿱丷一刖

Number of Strokes

绝 jué

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 纟 sī represents the meaning and 色 sè represents the sound. Simplified form of 絕 jué .

Phonetic compound

色 sè

Semantic compound

纟 sī

Positional decomposition

⿰纟色

Number of Strokes

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

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