# 次 — Next

Frequency rank 157 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Common in published Japanese. A handful of these and real text starts to open.

More common than 九 (Nine), less common than 平 (Flat).

- On’yomi: じ
- Kun’yomi: つぎ、つ
- Radical: 欠 Lack (Kangxi 76)
- Frequency path: Level II of XX

The kneeling man with his jaw hanging open scrapes the two frozen beads off the wall into his empty bowl and swallows them, and they come straight back up into it.

In words:

- 次 つぎ — next
- 次々 つぎつぎ — in succession,one by one
- 次ぐ つぐ — to rank next to,to come after

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