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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

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Things stacked one upon another; doing the same thing over — hence "again, twice."

OFFICIAL READINGS

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

Compounds

  • 再開さいかい

    resumption; reopening

  • 再来年さらいねん

    the year after next

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

工事(こうじ)が終(お)わり、店(みせ)が再開(さいかい)した。

The work finished and the shop reopened.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

再来年再来年再開再年year来to com…開open円circle内inside冊counte…冏bright冒risk災disast…妻wife殺to kil…財wealth採to pic…
CompoundRadicalReading

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