Memory phrase for the Kanji: 次


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Meaning

next, following

Pronunciation

JI, SHI
tsugi, tsugu

Explanation

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

Mnemonic

Ice is lacking, what comes next?

Radicals

deficiencyThe radical kakeru shows a mouth wide open and stands for lack or deficiency.
next, following
ice, freeze
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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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