Read Edit View history 又 yòu HSK2 again Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Pictograph of a hand. The character is based on the original meaning "hand". The current meaning "again" is a phonetic loan. Pinyin Separate values with commas yòu × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components No items. + Add component Stroke Data 又 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 266, 625 ], [ 310, 613 ], [ 349, 618 ], [ 590, 676 ], [ 630, 669 ], [ 648, 653 ], [ 578, 447 ], [ 522, 348 ], [ 477, 289 ], [ 422, 233 ], [ 338, 172 ], [ 233, 116 ], [ 145, 82 ] ], [ [ 271, 547 ], [ 312, 527 ], [ 345, 499 ], [ 547, 261 ], [ 627, 183 ], [ 689, 133 ], [ 730, 110 ], [ 761, 102 ], [ 937, 77 ], [ 947, 71 ], [ 974, 72 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 532 313 Q 539 325 549 337 Q 616 430 658 564 Q 673 612 708 643 Q 730 662 711 678 Q 686 696 653 704 Q 626 716 551 686 Q 404 646 283 635 Q 262 635 258 629 Q 254 616 280 599 Q 311 578 384 603 Q 568 658 589 652 Q 601 652 601 632 Q 568 473 491 354 L 468 322 Q 438 288 405 254 Q 317 175 148 91 Q 130 82 140 76 Q 147 72 175 81 Q 400 151 503 276 L 532 313 Z", "M 503 276 Q 669 62 732 58 Q 844 49 936 57 Q 984 61 980 74 Q 979 80 932 96 Q 749 153 725 166 Q 623 221 532 313 L 491 354 Q 428 423 364 503 Q 327 549 289 553 Q 270 554 265 550 Q 262 543 278 530 Q 344 485 468 322 L 503 276 Z" ] } 2 strokes 又 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "animcjk", "medians": [ [ [ 263, 626 ], [ 342, 617 ], [ 610, 677 ], [ 665, 648 ], [ 555, 404 ], [ 472, 282 ], [ 330, 168 ], [ 143, 81 ] ], [ [ 271, 546 ], [ 336, 506 ], [ 558, 249 ], [ 693, 131 ], [ 788, 96 ], [ 973, 73 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M533,312C571,368 630,475 658,564C668,596 684,623 708,643C722,656 724,668 711,678C694,691 674,697 653,704C634,711 602,703 551,686C454,656 363,642 283,635C269,634 259,634 258,629C254,621 262,611 280,599C300,586 334,588 384,603C506,642 574,655 589,652C596,651 603,646 601,632C581,526 552,445 491,354C483,344 476,333 468,322C441,289 428,276 405,254C347,201 260,147 148,91C136,85 133,80 140,76C144,74 156,76 175,81C325,128 418,184 504,275C514,287 524,300 533,312Z", "M503,276C612,133 690,65 732,58C782,50 874,52 936,57C968,60 982,66 980,74C979,78 963,86 932,96C838,126 741,158 725,166C657,203 593,252 532,313C505,340 505,340 491,354C447,398 406,450 364,503C339,534 314,551 289,553C276,555 267,554 265,550C262,546 266,538 278,530C321,500 385,431 468,322C491,291 491,291 503,276Z" ] } 2 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.