The Japanese Radical: 次


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Meaning
next, following    次

Explanation

Used in these characters:
次
JLPT 3Joyo 3
next, following
tsugi, tsugu, JI, SHI
欠 次 冫
Left: ice 冫, right: lacking 欠 (The mouth wide open ⺈ of the yawning person 人 is lacking [i.e. manners])
Ice is lacking, what comes next?  
資
JLPT 2Joyo 5
resources, assets, capital
SHI
次 貝
Top: next 次 (ice 冫is lacking 欠, what comes next?), bottom: money 貝
The next money will be added to our resources.  
姿
JLPT 1Joyo 6
figure, shape, appearance
sugata, SHI
次 女
Top: next 次 (ice 冫is lacking 欠, what comes next?), below: woman 女
My next woman should have a great figure.  
諮
JLPT 1Joyo 7
consult with, counsel, inquire
hakaru, SHI
言 次
Left: word 言, right: next 次 (ice 冫is lacking 欠, what comes next?), mouth 口
Words from the next (person's) mouth to consult with.  
盗
JLPT 2Joyo 7
steal, pinch
nusumu, TŌ
次 皿
Top: next/following 次 (ice 冫is lacking 欠, what comes next?) [to lack 欠 = yawning ⺈ person 人 with mouth wide open, who is lacking sth.], below: plate 皿
We need a next plate, because one was stolen.  
茨
JLPT -Joyo 7
thorn, spine
ibara,
艹 次 欠
Top: plant 艹, below: next 次 (ice 冫is lacking 欠, what comes next?)
If a plant has those, I (or better the goats) go to the next: Those are the thorns.  
恣
JLPT -Joyo 7
arbitrarily, self-indulgent, selfish
SHI
次 心 欠
Top: next 次 (Ice 冫is lacking 欠, what comes next?) [to lack 欠 = The mouth wide open ⺈ of the yawning person 人 is lacking sth.], bottom: heart 心
(My cocktail never without ice!) If ice is lacking, my heart becomes arbitrary and selfish.  
羨
JLPT -Joyo 7
envy, be jealous, covet
urayamu, urayamashii, SEN
羊 次 欠
Top: var. of sheep 羊, below: water 氵, to lack 欠 (to lack 欠 = The mouth wide open ⺈ of the yawning person 人 is lacking good manners) [next 次 = Ice 冫is lacking 欠, what comes next?]
If the sheep are lacking water, you are not envied.  

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