今後

こんご

after this, in the future

Mnemonic

Now, with everything trailing along behind it. Not a date on the calendar, just all of it from here on. Con こん, go ご, and you are asking to be looked after through the lot: こんご.

Worth knowing

後 reads ご here, the same as in 午後ごご. 今後ともよろしくお願いします is the standard line at the end of an introduction.

Built from

今

now

A lid drawn shut over a single stroke, this moment, closed off from the rest.

後

after, behind

彳 the step radical with the rest of it trailing along behind.

Words sharing these kanji

今 now 今日 today 今度 next time 今回 this time 今まで until now 今度 this time 今朝 this morning 今年 this year 今夜 tonight, this evening 今更 now (when it's too late), at this stage 後 after 最後 last, final

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