again

Origin & mnemonic

This radical originates from a pictograph of a hand with fingers extended, found in oracle-bone script. It represents repetition or continuation, as a hand performs an action again and again.

Mnemonic: Two strokes jutting upward resemble fingers of an extended hand, evoking the idea of doing something again or continuing.

• 又yòu🔊

  (once) again

  HSK 2

  2 strokes

• 及jí🔊

  and

  HSK 7

  3 strokes

• 叉chā🔊

  fork

  HSK 5

  3 strokes

• 反fǎn🔊

  contrary

  HSK 4

  4 strokes

• 双shuāng🔊

  two

  HSK 3

  4 strokes

• 友yǒu🔊

  friend

  4 strokes

• 収shōu🔊

  variant of 收[shou1]

  4 strokes

• 发fā🔊

  to send out

  HSK 2

  5 strokes

• 叒ruò🔊

  old variant of 若[ruo4]

  6 strokes

• 变biàn🔊

  to change

  HSK 2

  8 strokes

• 受shòu🔊

  to receive

  HSK 3

  8 strokes

• 取qǔ🔊

  to take

  HSK 2

  8 strokes

• 叔shū🔊

  uncle

  8 strokes

• 叕zhuó🔊

  to join together

  8 strokes

• 艰jiān🔊

  difficult

  8 strokes

• 叛pàn🔊

  to betray

  9 strokes

• 叙xù🔊

  variant of 敘|叙[xu4]

  9 strokes

• 叟sǒu🔊

  old gentleman

  9 strokes

• 难nán🔊

  difficult (to...)

  HSK 1

  10 strokes

• 叠dié🔊

  to pile up

  HSK 7

  13 strokes

• 丛cóng🔊

  cluster

  18 strokes

• 壡ruì🔊

  variant of 睿[rui4]

  19 strokes