Memory phrase for the character: 次

次

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Meaning

next, following

Pronunciation

 JI, SHI
tsugi, tsugu

Explanation

 Left: ice 冫, right: lacking 欠 (The mouth wide open ⺈ of the yawning person 人 is lacking [i.e. manners])

Mnemonic
 
Ice is lacking, what comes next?

Radicals

欠 deficiencyThe radical kakeru shows a mouth wide open ⺈ of a person 人 [when yawning] and stands for lack or deficiency. (perhaps a lack of good manners?)
次 next, following
冫 ice, freezeThis radical is similar to “water 氵”. However, it has one stroke less. In this sense: Water that no longer flows is ice.
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 Vocabulary

次 つぎ  next, stage station, stage, subsequent
次ぐ つぐ  to rank next to, to come after
次回 じかい  next time (occasion)
次第 しだい  order, precedence, circumstances, immediate(ly)
次々 つぎつぎ  in succession, one by one
取り次ぐ とりつぐ  to act as an agent for, to announce (someone), to convey (a message)
目次 もくじ  table of contents
逓次 ていじ  in order, successively
弥次 やじ  jeering, hooting

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