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Japanese symbol for “secondaries”

Romaji: jiretsu
secondary (feathers); secondaries

In Japanese, secondaries is , read (jiretsu).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Meanings

  1. n, n-pref secondary (feathers); secondaries (ornith)
  2. n, n-pref second row; second rank

Kanji and stroke order

next, order, sequence
on: ジ、シ
kun: つ.ぐ、つぎ
6 strokes · JLPT 2
file, row, rank
on: レツ、レ
6 strokes · JLPT 2

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
じげん jigendimension
じかい jikainext time (occasion)
しだい shidaidepending on
しだいに shidainigradually; by degrees; little by little
つぎつぎ tsugitsugiin succession; one by one
つぐ tsuguto follow; to come after; to come next (to)
れっしゃ resshatrain; railway train
けいれつ keiretsuseries; sequence; system

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.