Read Edit View history Discussion 再 zài HSK1 again Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Depicts catching two (二) fish at once, conveying the meaning "again". The fish component is similar to the bottom half of 冓. Pinyin Separate values with commas zài × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 再 Simp strokes 再 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Depicts a fish. Similar to 冓. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 再 Simp strokes 再 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 再 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 268, 737 ], [ 306, 729 ], [ 365, 731 ], [ 532, 751 ], [ 715, 790 ], [ 770, 788 ] ], [ [ 308, 586 ], [ 336, 560 ], [ 344, 537 ], [ 348, 444 ], [ 345, 322 ], [ 331, 196 ], [ 309, 106 ], [ 306, 41 ] ], [ [ 367, 575 ], [ 390, 564 ], [ 637, 613 ], [ 656, 613 ], [ 679, 603 ], [ 702, 576 ], [ 711, 193 ], [ 706, 78 ], [ 693, 48 ], [ 651, 56 ], [ 582, 83 ] ], [ [ 479, 722 ], [ 512, 699 ], [ 510, 349 ], [ 494, 329 ] ], [ [ 408, 438 ], [ 459, 433 ], [ 573, 461 ], [ 617, 462 ] ], [ [ 100, 278 ], [ 162, 261 ], [ 430, 298 ], [ 849, 334 ], [ 933, 306 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 521 731 Q 764 767 777 777 Q 786 784 782 792 Q 776 805 748 813 Q 720 822 690 812 Q 492 755 276 747 Q 240 743 264 725 Q 297 701 379 711 Q 424 717 472 724 L 521 731 Z", "M 359 580 Q 358 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