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又

or again
Stroke count: 2

Readings

On readingユウ
Kun readingまた、また-、また.の-
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. or againRtK
    古今を通して彼は又とない勇敢な男だ。He is as brave a man as ever breathed.tatoeba
    彼は情報をすべて又聞きで得た。He got all his information from secondary sources.tatoeba
  2. furthermore
  3. on the other hand
  1. again
  2. once more
  3. once again
  4. another time
  5. some other time

Radicals and components

Radical又again

Mnemonic (RtK)

ⓘ

crotch

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 752

Compound words

又はまたは
or; either ... or ...
且又かつまた
besides
三又みつまた
three-pronged
刺又さすまた
sasumata
将又はたまた
or
二又ふたまた
seeing two people (i.e. romantically) at the same time
又とまたと
(never) again
又甥またおい
grandnephew
又姪まためい
grandniece
又隣またどなり
second door from here
且つ又かつまた
besides
三つ又みつまた
three-pronged
三又路さんさろ
three-way junction
又してもまたしても
again
又とないまたとない
unique
又と無いまたとない
unique

Additional Examples

古今を通して彼は又とない勇敢な男だ。
He is as brave a man as ever breathed.tatoeba
会期は又延長されるであろう。
The session will be prolonged again.tatoeba

Stroke Order

2 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 又

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