再 — 6 strokes / Radical「冂」
道6Elementary year 5 / 6 strokes / Radical「冂」
- On
- サイさい · sai
- Kun
- ふたた(び)futata(bi)
- Meaning
- again; twice; re-
Stroke order
Origin
Things stacked one upon another; doing the same thing over — hence "again, twice."
Readings and examples
| Onサイさいsai | 再度さいど再選さいせん再出発さいしゅっぱつ |
|---|---|
| Onサさsa | 再来年さらいねん再来月さらいがつ再来週さらいしゅう |
| Kunふたたびfutatabi | 再びふたたび |
Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 再開さいかい
resumption; reopening
- 再来年さらいねん
the year after next
Example
工事が終わり、店が再開した。
The work finished and the shop reopened.
Nearby characters
The line style shows how they connect
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Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)