次

See also: 㳄

次 U+2F8EF, 次 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F8EF ← 㰘 [U+2F8EE] CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 𣢧 → [U+2F8F0]

Translingual

Han character

次 (Kangxi radical 76, 欠+2, 6 strokes, cangjie input 戈一弓人 (IMNO) or 一一弓人 (MMNO), four-corner 1718₂ or 3718₂, composition ⿰冫欠 (GJV) or ⿰二欠 (HKT)

Derived characters

• 盗 姿

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 565, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15992
• Dae Jaweon: page 954, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2133, character 2
• Unihan data for U+6B21

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Chinese

trad.		次
simp. #		次

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 次
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (次) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
咨	*ʔsli
資	*ʔsli
姿	*ʔsli
粢	*ʔsli
諮	*ʔsli
恣	*ʔslis
澬	*ʔsli, *zli
趑	*sʰli
蠀	*sʰli
次	*sn̥ʰis
佽	*sl̥ʰis
絘	*sl̥ʰis
薋	*zli
瓷	*zli
茨	*zli
餈	*zli
垐	*zli, *zlɯɡ
楶	*ʔsliːɡ

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 二 + 欠.

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): cì (ci⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄘˋ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): цы (cɨ, III)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ci³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhṳ
• Eastern Min (BUC): ché̤ṳ
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhù / chhìr

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ce²

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵tshy

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cì
    • Zhuyin: ㄘˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cìh
    • Wade–Giles: tzʻŭ⁴
    • Yale: tsz̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsyh
    • Palladius: цы (cy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰz̩⁵¹/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: цы (cɨ, III)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰz̩⁴⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ci³
    • Yale: chi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsi³
    • Guangdong Romanization: qi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhṳ
    • Hakka Romanization System: cii
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ci⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰɨ⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ché̤ṳ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰøy²¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhù
    • Tâi-lô: tshù
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhux
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰu¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰu²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Lukang, Sanxia, Kinmen, Hsinchu)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhìr
    • Tâi-lô: tshìr
    • IPA (Lukang): /t͡sʰɨ³¹/
    • IPA (Kinmen): /t͡sʰɯ¹²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰɯ⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ce²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshṳ́
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɯ⁵²/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁵tshy
    • MiniDict: tshy^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tshr
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sʰz̩³⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: tshijH

Rime
Character	次
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	脂 (15)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	七四切
Baxter	tshijH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰiɪH/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰiH/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰjɪH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰiH/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰiH/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡sʰiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ci3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[s-n̥]i[j]-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*sn̥ʰis/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	次	次
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	cì	cì
Middle Chinese	‹ tshijH ›	‹ tshijH ›
Old Chinese	/*[s-n̥]i[j]-s/	/*[s-n̥]i[j]-s/
English	lodge (v.)	put in order; second
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	次
Reading #	1/1
No.	1794
Phonetic component	次
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	次
Old Chinese	/*sn̥ʰis/
Notes	說文二聲，甲金文二或三劃， 似人嘆氣諮嗟

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 次

1. order; sequence
2. next in sequence; second
3. inferior; substandard
4. Classifier for times, as in frequency. ⇒ all nouns using this classifier

   上次  ―  shàngcì  ―  last time

   次數／次数  ―  cìshù  ―  number of times; frequency

5. (Internet slang) (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 吃 (chī).

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cì (ci⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄘˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cì
    • Zhuyin: ㄘˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cìh
    • Wade–Giles: tzʻŭ⁴
    • Yale: tsz̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsyh
    • Palladius: цы (cy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰz̩⁵¹/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 次

1. Only used in 榆次 (Yúcì).

Pronunciation 3

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zī (zi¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄗ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zī
    • Zhuyin: ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zih
    • Wade–Giles: tzŭ¹
    • Yale: dz̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzy
    • Palladius: цзы (czy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵⁵/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 次

1. Only used in 次且.

Pronunciation 4

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cí (ci²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄘˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cí
    • Zhuyin: ㄘˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cíh
    • Wade–Giles: tzʻŭ²
    • Yale: tsź
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsyr
    • Palladius: цы (cy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰz̩³⁵/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 次

1. Only used in 具次.

Compounds

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji

次

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: し (shi, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: し (shi, Jōyō)
• Kan’yō-on: じ (ji, Jōyō)
• Kun: すく (suku, 次く); すき (suki, 次き); ついで (tsuide, 次いで); つぐ (tsugu, 次ぐ, Jōyō); つぎ (tsugi, 次, Jōyō)
• Nanori: き (ki); すき (suki); よし (yoshi)

Compounds

• 目(もく)次(じ) (mokuji)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
次
し Grade: 3
on’yomi

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Chinese 次 (tshij^H, “in order; second”).

Less common reading in modern Japanese. Superseded in most cases by ji; see below.

Affix

次(し) • (shi) 

1. next, secondary
2. following

Usage notes

Only found in compounds.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 次(し)第(だい) (shidai): order, order of events, circumstances; dependent upon, coming after, taking orders from
• 次(し)忠(ちゅう) (shichū): secondary loyalty

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
次
じ Grade: 3
on’yomi

/si/ → /ʑi/ → /d͡ʑi/

Sound shift from shi above.

Counter

次(じ) • (-ji) 

1. number of times: an ordinal marker

   第四(だいよん)次(じ)計画(けいかく)

   daiyonji keikaku

   the fourth plan

2. number in a sequence, number of aspects or dimensions

   二(に)次(じ)方程式(ほうていしき)、三(さん)次(じ)式(しき)

   niji hōteishiki, sanji shiki

   a quadratic equation, a third order expression

Noun

次(じ) • (ji) 

1. (rare) order, sequence

Usage notes

Seldom found in isolation.

Prefix

次(じ) • (ji-) 

1. (attached to nouns) the next, secondary, vice-

   次(じ)位(い)、次(じ)長(ちょう)

   jī, jichō

   second rank, vice-director

2. (chemistry) hypo- (used to distinguish the oxidation levels of various acids)

   亜(あ)塩(えん)素(そ)酸(さん)、次(じ)亜(あ)塩(えん)素(そ)酸(さん)、亜(あ)臭(しゅう)素(そ)酸(さん)、次(じ)亜(あ)臭(しゅう)素(そ)酸(さん)

   aenso san, jiaenso san, ashūso san, jiashūso san

   chlorous acid, hypochlorous acid, bromous acid, hypobromous acid

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
次
つぎ Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Nominalization of the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Japanese-derived verb 次ぐ (tsugu, “to be in a sequence; to follow, to continue from something, to be next; to connect, to join”).

Noun

次(つぎ) • (tsugi) 

1. next, order, sequence, below

   子(こ)供(ども)たちは次(つぎ)のように述(の)べています。

   Kodomotachi wa tsugi no yō ni nobeteimasu.

   The children said as follows.

   • From the Emacs tutorial (English)

     では&& C-v(Cv) &&（次(つぎ)の画面(がめん)を見(み)る）をタイプして次(つぎ)の画面(がめん)に進(すす)んで下(くだ)さい。（さあ、やってみましょう。コントロールキーを押(お)しながら&& v &&です）

     De wa&& C-v &&(tsugi no gamen o miru) o taipu shite tsugi no gamen ni susunde kudasai.(Sā, yattemimashō. Kontorōrukī o oshinagara&& v &&desu)

     Now type C-v (View next screen) to move to the next screen. (go ahead, do it by depressing the control key and v together)

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term
次
すき Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Nominalization of the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Japanese-derived verb 次く (suku, “to follow, to continue from something, to be next;”).

The verb form was obsolete even in olden times. Existence of the verb, possibly related to tsugu mentioned above, is inferred from placenames found in the Man'yōshū and other ancient poetry.

Alternative forms

• 主基

Noun

次(すき) • (suki) 

1. (Shinto) at the 大嘗祭 (Daijōsai) and other major Shintō ceremonies, refers to the group of regional representatives making offerings of sake and grain, who do so after the initial offering

Etymology 5

Kanji in this term
次
ついで Grade: 3
kun’yomi

/tuɡite/ → /tuide/

Sound shift from 次第 (tsugite, “order, sequence”), itself originally the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of now-obsolete (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Japanese-derived verb 継ぎつ (tsugitsu, “to do things in sequence, to establish an order”).

Alternative forms

• 序, 序で, 第, 次いで, 尋いで, 次第, 嗣

Noun

次(ついで) • (tsuide) 

1. order, sequence
2. follower, successor; the next thing in a sequence
3. a good opportunity to do something; doing something incidental to something else

Usage notes

The good opportunity sense is more often encountered as 序(つい)でに (tsuide ni).

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Korean

Hanja

次 (eumhun 버금 차 (beogeum cha))

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Vietnamese

Han character

次: Hán Việt readings: thứ (七(thất)四(tứ)切(thiết))
次: Nôm readings: thớ, thứ, thứa, khứa

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2. Template:Nom form of
3. Template:Nom form of

Compounds

Compounds

• 次元 (thứ nguyên)