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再

again
Stroke count: 6

Readings

On readingサイ、サ
Kun readingふたた.び
JōyōGrade 5
  1. re-

Popular Usage

再三再来月再来週再来年

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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king (王) · jewel (玉) · ball (玉) · belt

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1956

Compound words

再三さいさん
again and again; repeatedly
再来月さらいげつ
month after next
再来週さらいしゅう
week after next
再来年さらいねん
year after next
再びふたたび
again; once more; a second time
再演さいえん
another showing (of a play); playing the same role again (i.e. of an actor); recapitulation
再会さいかい
meeting again; reunion
再開さいかい
reopening; resumption; restarting
再起さいき
comeback; recovery; restoration; rally
再建さいけん
rebuilding; reconstruction; rehabilitation; protoform reconstruction
再現さいげん
reappearance; reemergence; return; revival; reproduction
再考さいこう
reconsideration
再婚さいこん
second marriage; remarriage
再審さいしん
retrial; reopening of a case; review; reexamination
再生さいせい
restoration to life; coming to life again; resuscitation; regeneration; reformation
再選さいせん
re-election; reelection
再度さいど
a second time; again; once more; twice
再任さいにん
reappointment
再燃さいねん
recurrence; revival; resuscitation
再発さいはつ
return; relapse; recurrence
再販さいはん
resale
再編さいへん
reorganization; reorganisation; reshuffle
再来さいらい
return; coming back; second coming (e.g. of Christ); second advent; reincarnation
再確認さいかくにん
reaffirmation; reconfirmation; revalidation

On Reading Examples

そんなことを考えながら『我輩はカモである』を再見しました。さいけん
Thinking about those sorts of things, I watched "Duck Soup" again.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は二度と再び戻らなかった。
He never turned back again.tatoeba
彼は短い休息の後、仕事を再開した。
He resumed his work after a short break.tatoeba
彼は食べ終わるとすぐに、再び歩き始めた。
As soon as he finished eating, he began to walk again.tatoeba
彼は事件を最初から再調査しようと思った。
He intended to reexamine the case from the beginning.tatoeba
天皇がこれを再三慰留し、やがて平癒して政務に復帰している。
The Emperor had to dissuade him several times, and eventually he recovered and returned to his administrative duties.wiki
勘左衛門は再三辞したが、強いて所望されるのでやむを得ず取る事となった。
Kanzaemon declined repeatedly but as his host insisted, he was left with no choice.wiki

Stroke Order

6 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 再

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step