翌

音読おんよみ: ヨク

訓読くんよみ: none *

画数かくすう: 11 strokes

部首ぶしゅ: 羽(はね)

Meaning

Next / Following / Succeeding

  • 翌日よくじつ — the next day
  • 翌年よくねん — the following year
  • 翌朝よくちょう — the next morning
  • 翌週よくしゅう — the following week
  • 翌晩よくばん — the next evening

翌 combines 羽 (feathers/wings) with the phonetic 立, forming the sense of something that rises or comes after. It is widely used in written Japanese, especially in newspapers, to mark the next day or year. In casual speech, simpler words like あした are more common.

翌日よくじつかれ出発しゅっぱつした。
He departed the next day.

翌年よくねんはる卒業そつぎょうします。
I will graduate in the spring of the following year.

日
Creates
翌日よくじつ — the next day
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