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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
前后文 qiánhòuwén	前后文 \| 前后文* \| *前后文	context / the surrounding words / same as 上下文	前後文

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Character		Tot Str Rad / Str	Mandarin Pīnyīn	Unihan Definition standalone and in compounds	Jyutping Cantonese	Variant Four corner Cangjie
前	前 \| 前* \| *前	9画刀刂 + 7	qián	in front, forward; preceding	cin4	8022.1 TBLN


后	后 \| 后* \| *后	6画口 + 3	hòu	queen, empress, sovereign; (simp. for 後) behind, rear, after	hau6	後 7226.1 HMR


文	文 \| 文* \| *文	4画文 + 0	wén, wèn	literature, culture, writing	man4	0040.0 YK

Word decomposition:

Simplified		English Definition
前后文 qiánhòuwén	前后文 \| 前后文* \| *前后文	context / the surrounding words / same as 上下文


前 qián	前 \| 前* \| *前	front / forward / ahead / first / top (followed by a number) / future / ago / before / BC (e.g. 前293年) / former / formerly


前后 qiánhòu	前后 \| 前后* \| *前后	around / from beginning to end / all around / front and rear


后　Hòu	后 \| 后* \| *后	surname Hou


后　hòu	后 \| 后* \| *后	empress / queen / (archaic) monarch / ruler


后　hòu	后 \| 后* \| *后	back / behind / rear / afterwards / after / later / post-


后文　hòuwén	后文 \| 后文* \| *后文	the text below; the following text / (fig.) what happened next; later developments


文　　Wén	文 \| 文* \| *文	surname Wen


文　　wén	文 \| 文* \| *文	language / culture / writing / formal / literary / gentle / (old) classifier for coins / Kangxi radical 67