後継 こうけい succession N1 #2,421 Meanings noun, takes の succession noun successor あとつぎ also 跡継ぎ · 後継ぎ · 跡継 noun heir; inheritor successor Its kanji 後 ゴ、コウ · のち、うし.ろ、うしろ、あと、おく.れる behind, back, later 継 ケイ · つ.ぐ、まま- inherit, succeed, continue, patch, graft (tree)