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Mythic Mandarin

次 (cì): meaning and stroke order

次 (cì) means next in sequence, second, the second (day, time etc), secondary, vice-, sub-, infra-.

次

Simplified
次
Traditional
次 (same form)
Pinyin
cì

Stroke order of 次

次

  • cì next in sequence; second
  • 6 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 次

  1. cì
    • next in sequence
    • second
    • the second (day, time etc)
    • secondary
    • vice-
    • sub-
    • infra-
    • inferior quality
    • substandard
    • order
    • sequence
    • hypo- (chemistry)
    • classifier for enumerated events: time

Radical and structure

次
Radical 欠 (Kangxi radical 76) · 6 strokes · 冫 on the left, 欠 on the right

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

Words with 次

次 in our stories

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  • 星期天下午，方明和叶子在一家咖啡店第一次见面。

    xīngqītiān xiàwǔ Fāng Míng hé Yèzi zài yì jiā kāfēidiàn dì-yī cì jiànmiàn

    On Sunday afternoon Fang Ming and Yezi met for the first time, in a cafe.

    From the story The first date HSK 2

  • 第一次，它被水冲了回来；第二次，它撞到了石头上。

    dì-yī cì tā bèi shuǐ chōng le huílai dì-èr cì tā zhuàng dào le shítou shàng

    The first time, the water swept it back; the second time, it hit a rock.

    From the story The little carp's decision HSK 3

  • 露西第一次去四川饭馆，她的中国朋友韩冰让她点菜。

    Lùxī dì-yī cì qù Sìchuān fànguǎn tā de Zhōngguó péngyou Hán Bīng ràng tā diǎncài

    Lucy is at a Sichuan restaurant for the first time, and her Chinese friend Han Bing lets her order.

    From the story "Husband and wife lung slices" HSK 3

Stories using 次

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).