漢字Kanji · in Action & Movement
次: next, order
Also: sequence
JLPT N36 strokesGrade 3Your ink: 白 Not met
冫 and 欠 carry the meaning
6 strokes
Four readings, and the words that use each
ジji · on'yomi · in compounds
- 次回じかいnext time
- 次週じしゅうnext week
- 次男じなんsecond son
- 目次もくじtable of contents
シshi · on'yomi
- 次第にしだいにgradually
つぐtsugu · kun'yomi · on its own
- 相次ぐあいつぐfollow in succession
- 取り次ぐとりつぐrelay, act as an agent, handle
つぎtsugi · kun'yomi
- 次つぎnext
Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Pictogram (象形)
A person exhaling. Possibly the original form of 咨 (“to sigh”).
Source: Wiktionary, 次 (rev. 93467190), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Two (二) + lack (欠). It originally referred to people standing in line, where one person "lacks" or is "missing" the current turn and must wait to be the "next" one.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · cì
Same form: 次 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 次 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 次 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin cì most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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