次
Meaning
- next in sequence
- second
- the second (day, time etc)
Example sentence
再试一次。
Try it once again.
The character 次
次 counts occasions: 一次 once, 三次 three times, 上次 last time, 下次 next time. It is also second in order, which is why 其次 is what comes next and 次要 is secondary.