Jisho

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6 strokes
Radical:
lack, yawn
Parts:
next, order, sequence
Kun:
つ.ぐつぎ
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
222 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 次 【ジ】 next, hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence), order, sequence, time, times
  • 次回 【ジカイ】 next time (occasion)
  • 三次 【サンジ】 third, tertiary, cubic (function, equation, etc.), third-order
  • 数次 【スウジ】 several times
  • 次第に 【シダイニ】 gradually (progress into a state), in sequence, in order, in turn
  • 次第 【シダイ】 depending on, as soon as, immediately after, upon, as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"), whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"), order, program, programme, precedence, circumstances, course of events, state of things, reason
  • 路次 【ロジ】 way, path, route, along the way, along the road

Kun reading compounds

  • 次ぐ 【つぐ】 to follow, to come after, to come next (to), to rank next (to), to rank second (to)
  • 次ぐ身 【つぐみ】 next in line, heir
  • 次 【つぎ】 next, following, subsequent, stage, station
  • 次々 【つぎつぎ】 in succession, one by one
  • 五十三次 【ごじゅうさんつぎ】 fifty-three stations on the Tōkaidō (Edo-Kyoto highway in Edo-period Japan)
  • 中継ぎ 【なかつぎ】 joining, joint, intermediation, acting as an intermediary, relaying, taking over, middle relief pitcher, middle reliever, pole-shaped item with a join in the middle, tea container with a lid that is the same size as the body

Readings

Japanese names:
き、 すき、 つぐ、 よし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ci4
Korean:
cha

Spanish

  • siguiente
  • seguir

Portuguese

  • próximo
  • pedido
  • seqüência

French

  • suivant
  • ordre
  • successivement
227 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
308 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
292 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
235 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
638 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
239 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
648 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
226 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
384 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
385 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
660 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1120 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
58 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
38 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
39 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
482 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
15992P Morohashi
54 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2929 New Nelson (John Haig)
471 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
510 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
150 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
268 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
362 2001 Kanji
2b4.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-4 SKIP code
3718.2 Four corner code
1-28-01 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6b21 Unicode hex code

5 strokes
Radical:
legs
Parts:
elder brother, big brother
Kun:
あに
On:
ケイキョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
1219 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 兄 【ケイ】 you, Mr, Mister, older brother, elder brother
  • 兄弟 【キョウダイ】 siblings, brothers and sisters, brothers, siblings-in-law, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, mate, friend
  • 実兄 【ジッケイ】 biological older brother
  • 父兄 【フケイ】 guardians, parents, father and older brother
  • 兄弟 【キョウダイ】 siblings, brothers and sisters, brothers, siblings-in-law, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, mate, friend
  • 兄姉 【ケイシ】 brother and sister

Kun reading compounds

  • 兄 【あに】 older brother, elder brother
  • 兄貴 【あにき】 elder brother, one's senior, older man, man older than oneself
  • 中の兄 【なかのあに】 middle brother
  • 義理の兄 【ぎりのあに】 one's brother-in-law, stepbrother (elder)

Readings

Japanese names:
え、 せ、 よし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xiong1
Korean:
hyeong

Spanish

  • hermano mayor

Portuguese

  • irmão mais velho
  • irmão maior

French

  • frère aîné
  • grand frère
199 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
114 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
267 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1049 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
875 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
234 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
122 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
181 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.18 Japanese for Busy People
406 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
410 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
75 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
142 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2676 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1362 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1848 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
104 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
1343 Morohashi
2154 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
344 New Nelson (John Haig)
103 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
107 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
106 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3757 2001 Kanji
3d2.9 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-2 SKIP code
6021.0 Four corner code
1-23-27 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5144 Unicode hex code