Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 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 deficiency(The radical kakeru shows a mouth wide open and stands for lack or deficiency.)
次 next, following
冫 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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