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次 means 'next'

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Strokes : 6    Frequency: 138   JLPT: N3    Usefulness: 3    Study set: 3-3    Grade: 3   Intermediate lesson: 16    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 83 words   Used in 291 words   Used in 2213 names   Component in 17 kanji (6 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
On
   ジ   シ
Kun
   つぎ next    to come after
Name    き   すき   つぐ   よし
⿰   () ice   lack  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 次 is used 17 times, read 4 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 次 is used 280 times, read 4 ways.
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ジ : 217 words FIND ALL
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adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
next time (occasion)
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シ : 29 words FIND ALL
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adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun
1. dependent upon
2. as soon as; immediately (upon)  (often after the -masu stem of a verb)
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つぎ : 27 words FIND ALL
2
in succession; one by one
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'gu' godan verb, intransitive verb
to rank next to; to come after
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An additional 11 less common words include 次 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
Henshall: 308 (originally: 292)  Joy o' Kanji : 292  Key to Kanji: 444 

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ジ   シ   つぎ next   つ to come after   
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ケツ   か to lack   かける to be lacking   
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
corner
ice   
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