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最後

さいご

last, final

Mnemonic

The same さい reaching for the extreme end, except that now it is 後, the one trailing at the back. Sigh さい, go ご: last day of the summer holiday, and you can feel it going: さいご.

Worth knowing

後 reads ご here, same as in 今後 and 午後. 最初 さいしょ is the other end of the same pair.

Built from

most, extreme
A hand taking the very top thing off the pile.
after, behind
彳 the step radical with the rest of it trailing along behind.

Words sharing these kanji

first, beginning recently best, supreme worst, terrible the most biggest, largest strongest after after this, in the future back, behind regret immediately after

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