Chinese Character 再 Meanings and components.

Form

再

Meaning

再 meaning[3] in English

Again.

Once More.

Re-.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 再 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are one (一) , and variant of 冉[ran3] (冉)

Its radical[1] is: 冂 (jiong1) which means: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 13), Occurring In 用, 同, 网 Etc, See Also 同字框[Tong2 Zi4 Kuang4], .冂jiong1radical in …

In cangjie it is written with MGB

How to write 再

To write再zai4again you should write a combination of 一yi1one , 冉ran3variant of … arranged in a 吕 shape:

一 + 冉 = 再

再 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 再 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 再, looks as follow:

再
Pinyin:zai4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Again . Once More . Re- . Second . Another . Then (After Sth, And Not Until Then) . No Matter How ... (Followed By An Adjective Or Verb, And Then (Usually) 也[Ye3] Or 都[Dou1] For Emphasis)
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit
冉
Pinyin:ran3 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 冉[Ran3]
冂
Pinyin:jiong1
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 13), Occurring In 用, 同, 网 Etc . See Also 同字框[Tong2 Zi4 Kuang4]
土
Pinyin:tu3
Meaning[3]: Tu (Ethnic Group) . Surname Tu

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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