漢字道KANJIDO

11 strokesRadical

5Elementary year 611 strokesRadical
On
ヨク
Kun
Meaning
the next (day, year)

Origin

ORIGIN

羽 "wings" over 立 "to stand"; a bird ready to fly off the next morning — hence "the following (day)."

Stroke order

STROKE ORDER

Readings and examples

OFFICIAL READINGS

ヨク翌春・翌年・翌々日

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

Compounds

COMPOUNDS

  • 翌日よくじつ

    the next day

  • 翌年よくねん

    the following year

Example

EXAMPLE

A sentence using this kanji

翌日、朝早く出発した。

The next day we set off early in the morning.

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