漢字Kanji · in Structures & Home
再: again, twice
Also: second time
JLPT N26 strokesGrade 5Your ink: 白 Not met
- 一one(meaning)
- 冉(form)
一 carries the meaning · 冉 is drawn in
6 strokes
Three readings, and the words that use each
サイsai · on'yomi · in compounds
- 再度さいどagain
- 再開するさいかいするreopen
- 再現するさいげんするreappear, reproduce
- 再生するさいせいするplayback, regenerate
- 再婚するさいこんするremarry
- 再会するさいかいするmeet again
サsa · on'yomi
- 再来月さらいげつmonth after next
- 再来週さらいしゅうweek after next
- 再来年さらいねんyear after next
ふたたびfutatabi · kun'yomi · on its own
- 再びふたたびagain
Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Ideogrammic compound (會意)魚 fish + 二 two
Source: Wiktionary, 再 (rev. 94589423), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Borders (冂) + two/level (二). To cross a certain "border" or reach a specific level for a "second time"—representing repetition.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · zài
Same form: 再 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 再 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 再 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin zài most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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