再 — Chinese character
再
zài
again, twice, re-
- Pinyin
- zài
- Radical
- 13 ⼌ (Down Box)
- Strokes
- 6
- Components
- 一 冉
- Formation
- pictographic — Two fish 冉 caught on a line 一
- Japanese
- 再 as a kanji
Common words with 再
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 不再 | bù zài | no more; no longer |
| 再次 | zài cì | once more; once again |
| 再也 | zài yě | (not) ever again; (not) any longer |
| 再度 | zài dù | once more; once again; one more time |
| 再说 (再說) | zài shuō | to say again; to put off a discussion until later |
| 再见 (再見) | zài jiàn | goodbye; see you again later |
| 一再 | yī zài | repeatedly |
| 再现 (再現) | zài xiàn | to recreate; to reconstruct (a historical relic) |
| 再生 | zài shēng | to be reborn; to regenerate |
| 再生产 (再生產) | zài shēng chǎn | to reproduce; reproduction |
| 再三 | zài sān | over and over again; again and again |
| 再者 | zài zhě | moreover; besides |
English words written with 再
- goodbye
- renewable
- alternatively
- recycling
- restructuring
- recreate
- reissue
- refinancing
- reinsurance
- retrial
- remarry
- rebalance
再 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 2 · Art of War 1 · I Ching 1 · Mencius 4 · Zhuangzi 28
- Analects 5.19
- Analects 10.11
- Art of War 2.8
- Hexagram 4
- Mencius 5B.6
- Mencius 6B.7
- Zhuangzi On Letting Alone
- Zhuangzi The Tao of God
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