prefixing element in kanji compounds, adding a meaning of later, after, following, rearward

subsequently, afterwards

(後 "spatially behind") to depart from; to leave / (後 "temporally later") to put off something, to be dealt with later

a hard palate

a palatine bone

Synonym of 軟口蓋 (nankōgai, “soft palate; palatine velum”)

(anatomy) an omohyoid muscle

(anatomy) a stylohyoid muscle

sound / timbre / Short for 音楽 (ongaku): music / speech (phonetics) / Short for 字音 (jion): Chinese-derived reading of a kanji / news, tidings

sound / Short for 音読み (on'yomi): the Chinese-derived reading of a kanji / (by extension) reading of a Chinese character outside the Japanese language; rime / Short for 音楽 (ongaku): music