Kanji Study

Bushu (Radical) Info:
冫 (にすい) – water drops
欠 (あくび) – gap

Henshall Mnemonic: lack of ice follows next

Levels: JLPT N3 | JLPT 2 (old) | Grade 3
Frequency: #222 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:

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JLPT N5 Words

• 次   [つぎ]
  (n) (1) next; following; subsequent; (2) stage; station   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N3 Words

• 次第   [しだい]
  (n-adv,n) (1) order; precedence; (2) circumstances; (3) immediate(ly); as soon as; dependent upon   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 次々   [つぎつぎ]
  (adv,n) in succession; one by one   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N2 Words

• 目次   [もくじ]
  (n) table of contents   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 次ぐ   [つぐ]
  (v5g) to rank next to; to come after   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N1 Words

• 取り次ぐ   [とりつぐ]
  (v5g) to act as an agent for; to announce (someone); to convey (a message)   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 次いで   [ついで]
  (adv,conj) next; secondly; subsequently   [K] [D] [Jisho]

Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT

• 次回   [じかい]
  (n-adv,n-t) next time (occasion)   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 次官   [じかん]
  (n) vice-minister; undersecretary   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 次期   [じき]
  (n) next term; next period   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 順次   [じゅんじ]
  (adv) in order   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 取次   [とりつぎ]
  (n) agency; commission   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 次元   [じげん]
  (n) dimension   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 次女   [じじょ]
  (n) second daughter   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 次席   [じせき]
  (n) associate; junior; assistant; runner-up   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 次代   [じだい]
  (n) the next era   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 次第に   [しだいに]
  (adv) gradually   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 次男   [じなん]
  (n) second son   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 次長   [じちょう]
  (n) vice-; assistant director; vice-director   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 次点   [じてん]
  (n) runner-up   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 逐次   [ちくじ]
  (adv) successively; one after another   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 二次   [にじ]
  (n) secondary; subordinate   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 年次   [ねんじ]
  (n) chronological   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 五十三次   [ごじゅうさんつぎ]
  (n) the 53 Toukaidou stages   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 相次ぐ   [あいつぐ]
  (v5g) to follow in succession   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 事務次官   [じむじかん]
  (n) permanent vice-president; undersecretary; vice-minister   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 第二次世界大戦   [だいにじせかいたいせん]
  (n) World War II   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 漸次   [ぜんじ]
  (adv,n) gradually; slowly; little by little   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 政務次官   [せいむじかん]
  (n) parliamentary vice-minister   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 数次   [すうじ]
  (n) a number of times   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 中次ぎ   [なかつぎ]
  (n,vs) intermediary; agency; brokerage; (electric) relay   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 次々に   [つぎつぎに]
  (adv) one by one; one after another; successively   [K] [D] [Jisho]

Find more details for 次 at jisho.org, Yookoso! or WWWJDIC

Acknowledgments

The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.

NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.

The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.

Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.

The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.

If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.