Kanji N2

翌: the following, next

翌 is a JLPT N2 kanji meaning the following, next, written with 11 strokes. It is read ヨク (on), and has no common kun reading. Children in Japan learn it in grade 6. You will see it in 翌日 (よくじつ, next day) and 翌年 (よくねん, following year).

翌

Meanings

  • the following
  • next
Strokes11
JLPT levelN2
School gradeGrade 6
Frequency#1070 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ヨク

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • None in common use

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

Watch the stroke order

Every stroke in order, the live one in vermilion. Replay as often as you like.

1234567891011

Now draw it

Trace each stroke in order. Wrong direction or wrong order gets flagged right away.

12345678910110 / 11

Your turn: draw stroke 1 of 11. Start at the dot.

Common words with 翌

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 翌日よくじつ

    next day

  • 翌年よくねん

    following year

  • 翌朝よくあさ

    next morning

  • 翌月よくげつ

    following month

  • 翌週よくしゅう

    the following week; the next week

  • 翌春よくしゅん

    next spring

Learn Japanese with a path that remembers you

Naraio opens soon: one guided path from hiragana to N1, reviews at the right moment, a tutor who listens and kanji checked stroke by stroke. Leave your email and you're among the first in, free to start.

One note now, one email the day we open. Nothing else. Privacy.

Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0; the Spanish meanings they lack, translated by Naraio from their English, are shared under the same licence. Example sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY. Sentences split into words with IPADIC © NAIST and IPA, through Lindera.