音読み: ジ・シ
訓読み: つぎ・つぐ
画数: 6
部首: あくび（欠）
Meaning
Next / Order / Sequence
- 次回 — next time
- 目次 — table of contents
- 次男 — second son
- 次第 — depending on / as soon as
- 次々 — one after another
- 次元 — dimension / perspective
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- 次点 — runner-up / second place
- 順次 — sequentially / in order
- 逐次 — one after another / successively
次 combines the radical 欠 (yawn or lacking) with the phonetic element 止 (to stop), symbolizing a pause before continuing. It expresses ideas of “following,” “order,” or “next in sequence.”