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

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

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

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

Top: next/following (ice is lacking [=yawning person], what comes next?), below: roof tile .
The next roof tile is made of porcelain.  
JLPT HSK 6
to steal, to rob, to plunder, thief
dào
Top: next/following (ice is lacking , what comes next?) [to lack = yawning person with mouth wide open, who is lacking good manners], below: plate
If the ice [cream] is missing/lacking at that plate, it has been stolen.  
JLPT no HSK
to thatch (a roof), Caltrop or puncture vine

Top: plant , below: next/following (ice is lacking [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 (A scholar with beans in his mouth is happy.), right: lack , heart
Who is happy without a lack of heart, is: virtuous.  
JLPT no HSK
unrestrained, unbridled, to do as one pleases

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

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