次 — 6 strokes / Radical「欠」
道8Elementary year 3 / 6 strokes / Radical「欠」
- On
- ジ・シ
- Kun
- つぎ・つ(ぐ)
- Meaning
- next, order
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
Readings and examples
| ジ | 次回・次元・目次 |
|---|---|
| シ | 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
- 次回じかい
next time
- 目次もくじ
table of contents
Example
次の えきで おります。
I get off at the next station.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)