再 — again, twice, second time

さい再 again

Grade 5 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 6 strokes

U+518D Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #275 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1956 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

again
twice
second time

word

さい sai On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

再(さい) sai again 再(さい) 生(せい) saisei regeneration 再(さい) 開(かい) saikai reopening 再(さい) 度(ど) saido once more 再(さい) 現(げん) saigen reproduction 再(さい) 建(けん) saiken rebuilding 再(さい) 会(かい) saikai reunion 再(さい) 編(へん) saihen reorganization

ふたた futata Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

再(ふたた) び futatabi again

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

いち一 one #1

冉 gradually

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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