次 Kanji – next
The Japanese kanji 次 can mean next, order, sequence.
Meaning and Readings
How is 次 read?
次 has the onyomi readings ジ, シ and the kunyomi readings つぐ, つぎ.
In romaji, these readings can be written as ji, shi, tsugu, tsugi.
Common Japanese Words Using 次
These common Japanese words contain 次. Select linked kanji to explore their meanings and readings.
- 五十三次（ごじゅうさんつぎ） — fifty-three stations on the Tōkaidō (Edo-Kyoto highway in Edo-period Japan)
- ３次元（さんじげん） — three dimensions, 3D, 3-D
- 事務次官（じむじかん） — permanent vice-president, undersecretary, vice-minister
- 次（つぎ） — next, following, subsequent
- 次いで（ついで） — next, secondly, subsequently
- 次ぐ（つぐ） — to follow, to come after, to come next (to), to rank next (to), to rank second (to)
- 次のように（つぎのように） — in the following manner, as follows
- 次回（じかい ） — next time (occasion)
- 次官（じかん） — vice-minister, undersecretary
- 次期（じき） — next term, next period