次男

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Chinese

 
number of times; order; sequence
number of times; order; sequence; next; second(ary); (measure word)
 male
trad. (次男) 次 男
simp. #(次男) 次 男

Pronunciation

Noun

次男

  1. second son

Synonyms

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
次 男
じ
Grade: 3 		なん
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Compound of 次 (“next”) +‎ 男 (“man; male”).

Pronunciation

Noun

次(じ)男(なん) • (jinan) 

  1. one's second son
Related terms
son daughter child (rare)
one's first 長(ちょう)男(なん) (chōnan), 一(いち)男(なん) (ichinan), 長(ちょう)子(し) (chōshi) 長(ちょう)女(じょ) (chōjo), 一(いち)女(じょ) (ichijo) 長(ちょう)子(し) (chōshi)
one's second 次(じ)男(なん) (jinan), 二(じ)男(なん) (jinan), 次(じ)子(し) (jishi) 次(じ)女(じょ) (jijo), 二(じ)女(じょ) (jijo) 次(じ)子(し) (jishi)
one's third 三(さん)男(なん) (sannan) 三(さん)女(じょ) (sanjo) -

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
次 男
つぎ
Grade: 3 		お
Grade: 1
kun’yomi nanori
Kanji in this term
次 男
つぐ
Grade: 3 		お
Grade: 1
nanori

Pronunciation

Proper noun

次(つぎ)男(お) or 次(つぐ)男(お) • (Tsugio or Tsuguo) 

  1. a male given name

Korean

Hanja in this term
次男

Noun

次男 • (chanam) (hangeul 차남)

  1. Hanja form? of 차남 (“second son”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
次男

Noun

次男

  1. chữ Hán form of thứ nam (“second son”).
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