次

次 (radical 76, 欠+2, 6 strokes, cangjie input 戈一弓人 (IMNO) or 一一弓人 (MMNO), four-corner 1718₂ or 3718₂, composition ⿰冫欠 (GJV) or ⿰二欠 (HKT)

• 盗 姿

• KangXi: page 565, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15992
• Dae Jaweon: page 954, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2133, character 2
• Unihan data for U+6B21

Historical forms of the character 次
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Ideogrammic compound (會意) : 二 + 欠.

次

1. order; sequence
2. next in sequence; second
3. inferior; substandard
4. Classifier for times, as in frequency. ⇒ all nouns using this classifier

   上次  ―  shàngcì  ―  last time

   次數 / 次数  ―  cìshù  ―  number of times; frequency

次

1. Only used in 榆次.

次

1. Only used in 次且.

次

1. Only used in 具次.

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

• Go-on: し (shi, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: し (shi, Jōyō)
• Kan’yō-on: じ (ji, Jōyō)
• Kun: すく (suku, 次く); すき (suki, 次き); ついで (tsuide, 次いで); つぐ (tsugu, 次ぐ, Jōyō); つぎ (tsugi, 次, Jōyō)
• Nanori: き (ki); すき (suki); よし (yoshi)

• 目 (もく)次 (じ) (mokuji)

From Middle Chinese 次 (tshij^H, “in order; second”).

Less common reading in modern Japanese. Superseded in most cases by ji; see below.

• On’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [ɕi]

次 (hiragana し, rōmaji shi)

1. next, secondary
2. following

Only found in compounds.

/si/ → /ʑi/ → /d͡ʑi/

Sound shift from shi above.[1]

• Kan’yōyomi
  • IPA^(key): [d͡ʑi]

次 (hiragana じ, rōmaji -ji)

1. number of times: an ordinal marker

   第四 (だいよん)次 (じ)計画 (けいかく)

   daiyonji keikaku

   the fourth plan

2. number in a sequence, number of aspects or dimensions

   二 (に)次 (じ)方程式 (ほうていしき)、三 (さん)次 (じ)式 (しき)

   niji hōteishiki, sanji shiki

   a quadratic equation, a third order expression

次 (hiragana じ, rōmaji ji)

1. (rare) order, sequence

Seldom found in isolation.

次 (hiragana じ, rōmaji ji-)

1. (attached to nouns) the next, secondary, vice-

   次 (じ)位 (い)、次 (じ)長 (ちょう)

   jii, jichō

   second rank, vice-director

2. (chemistry) hypo- (used to distinguish the oxidation levels of various acids)

   亜塩素酸 (あえんそさん)、次 (じ)亜塩素酸 (あえんそさん)、亜臭素酸 (あしゅうそさん)、次 (じ)亜臭素酸 (あしゅうそさん)

   aenso san, jiaenso san, ashūso san, jiashūso san

   chlorous acid, hypochlorous acid, bromous acid, hypobromous acid

Nominalization of the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of Old Japanese-derived verb 次ぐ (tsugu, “to be in a sequence; to follow, to continue from something, to be next; to connect, to join”).[1]

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) つぎ​ [tsùgíꜜ] (Odaka – [2])[2]
  • IPA^(key): [t͡sɨᵝɡʲi]

次 (hiragana つぎ, rōmaji tsugi)

1. next, order, sequence, below

   子 (こ)供 (ども)たちは次 (つぎ)のように述 (の)べています。

   Kodomotachi wa tsugi no yō ni nobeteimasu.

   The children said as follows.

   • From the Emacs tutorial (English)

     では C-v （次 (つぎ)の画面 (がめん)を見 (み)る）をタイプして次 (つぎ)の画面 (がめん)に進 (すす)んで下 (くだ)さい。（さあ、やってみましょう。コントロールキーを押 (お)しながら v です）

     De wa C-v (tsugi no gamen o miru) o taipu shite tsugi no gamen ni susunde kudasai. (Sā, yattemimashō. Kontorōrukī o oshinagara v desu)

     Now type C-v (View next screen) to move to the next screen. (go ahead, do it by depressing the control key and v together)

Nominalization of the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of Old Japanese-derived verb 次く (suku, “to follow, to continue from something, to be next;”).[1]

The verb form was obsolete even in olden times. Existence of the verb, possibly related to tsugu mentioned above, is inferred from placenames found in the Man'yōshū and other ancient poetry.[1]

• Kun’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [sɨᵝkʲi]

• 主基

次 (hiragana すき, rōmaji suki)

1. (Shinto) at the 大嘗祭 (Daijōsai) and other major Shintō ceremonies, refers to the group of regional representatives making offerings of sake and grain, who do so after the initial offering

/tuɡite/ → /tuide/

Sound shift from 次第 (tsugite, “order, sequence”), itself originally the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of now-obsolete Old Japanese-derived verb 継ぎつ (tsugitsu, “to do things in sequence, to establish an order”).[1]

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) ついで [tsùídé] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA^(key): [t͡sɨᵝide̞]

• 序, 序で, 第, 次いで, 尋いで, 次第, 嗣

次 (hiragana ついで, rōmaji tsuide)

1. order, sequence
2. follower, successor; the next thing in a sequence
3. a good opportunity to do something; doing something incidental to something else

The good opportunity sense is more often encountered as 序 (つい)でに (tsuide ni).

次 (eumhun 버금 차 (beogeum cha))

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次: Hán Việt readings: thứ (七(thất)四(tứ)切(thiết))[1][2][3][4][5]
次: Nôm readings: thớ[1][3][6][4][5][7], thứ[1][2][4][7], thứa[2][4][5][7], khứa[1]

1. Hán tự form of thứ (“inferior in quality; order, rank, sequence”).
2. Nôm form of thớ (“This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.”).
3. Nôm form of thứa (“This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.”).