The Chinese Radical: 次


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Meaning
next in sequence    次

Explanation

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 2
next in sequence, the second (day, time etc)

Left: ice 冫, right: lacking 欠 (showing a person 人 yawning with mouth wide open, "lacking" good manners)
Ice is lacking, what comes next?  
JLPT HSK 4
capital, resources, to provide, money

Top: next 次 (ice 冫lacks 欠, what comes next? [欠 = The yawning person 人 has a lack [of manners]), bottom: money 贝/貝 (= cone-shell 目 with two feelers 八 as shell-money)
The next money will be added to the capital.  
JLPT HSK 4
jealous, to envy, admire
xiàn
Top: sheep 羊, below: next/following 次 (ice 冫is lacking 欠, what comes next?) (欠 = The yawning person 人 has a lack [of manners])
The sheep coming next makes me jealous.  
姿
JLPT HSK 5
appearance, beauty, disposition, looks

Top: next/following 次 (ice 冫is lacking 欠 [yawning person], what comes next?), below: woman 女
My next woman will have a great appearance.  
JLPT HSK 5
to consult, seek advice

Top: next/following 次 (ice 冫is lacking 欠, what comes next?) (欠 = The yawning person 人 has a lack [of manners]), bottom: mouth 口
Next, use your mouth to consult.  
JLPT HSK 6
porcelain, chinaware, china

Top: next/following 次 (ice 冫is lacking 欠 [=yawning person], what comes next?), bottom: roof tile 瓦.
The next roof tile is made of porcelain.  
JLPT HSK 6
to steal, to rob, to plunder, thief
dào
Top: next/following 次 (ice 冫is lacking 欠, what comes next?) [to lack 欠 = yawning ⺈ person 人 with mouth wide open, who is lacking good manners], below: plate 皿
We need a next plate, because one was stolen.  
JLPT no HSK
to thatch (a roof), Caltrop or puncture vine

Top: plant 艹, below: next/following 次 (ice 冫is lacking 欠 [yawning person], what comes next?)
When a plant is the "next" to each other [= they lie close adjacent], this is a thatched roof.  
JLPT no HSK
virtuous, admirable, esteemed, restrain

Top variation of: be happy, enjoy 喜 (A scholar 士 with beans 豆 in his mouth 口 is happy.), right: lack 次, heart 心
He who is happy and has no lack in his heart: virtuous.  
JLPT no HSK
unrestrained, unbridled, to do as one pleases

Top: next, following 次 (ice 冫is lacking 欠, what comes next?) - (to lack 欠 = The yawning person 人 has a lack [of good manners]), bottom: heart 心
Next, the heart will be unrestrained.  

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