후

hu · TOPIK 1

after, later

후 = hanja 後 (behind, after), same root as Chinese hòu and Japanese go

후 is the Sino-Korean reading of 後, meaning behind or after. It appears in 오후 (午後, afternoon = noon + after) and 식후 (食後, after a meal). Sound hook: hu comes after who — first ask who, then what happens after.

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