漢字道KANJIDO

6 strokesRadical

8Elementary year 36 strokesRadical
On
ジ・シ
Kun
つぎ・つ(ぐ)
Meaning
next, order

Origin

ORIGIN

冫 (breath from the mouth) + 欠 (a person with an open mouth) sighing; it came to mean what comes after first: next.

Stroke order

STROKE ORDER

Readings and examples

OFFICIAL READINGS

次回・次元・目次
次第
つぐ次ぐ・次いで〔副〕

Compare: 継ぐ

つぎ次・次に・次々と

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

Compounds

COMPOUNDS

  • 次回じかい

    next time

  • 目次もくじ

    table of contents

Example

EXAMPLE

A sentence using this kanji

次の えきで おります。

I get off at the next station.

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