再

再 U+2F815, 再 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F815 ← 內 CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 𠕋 →

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再 (Kangxi radical 13, 冂+4, 6 strokes, cangjie input 一土月 (MGB), four-corner 1044₇, composition ⿱一冉)

• 侢, 洅, 冓, 𠱻, 𫰝, 𭠣, 𤞕, 𤥆, 𦛍, 𧋁, 𭁥, 𮟸, 𠕱, 𢈖, 𭶭, 𫁌, 𫇶, 𫳬

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 129, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1524
• Dae Jaweon: page 290, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 18, character 1
• Unihan data for U+518D

• Unihan data for U+2F815

Historical forms of the character 再
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) : 一 + 冓 (“the shape of a basket repeatedly woven from bamboo”). It signifies the concept of repeating something that was once done, conveying the meaning of "again."^[1]

Cognate with 載 (OC *ʔslɯːʔ, “year”), 茲 (OC *ʔsɯ, “year”), 薦 (OC *ʔseːns, “repeatedly”), 洊 (OC *zlɯːns, “again; repeatedly”), 荐 (OC *zlɯːns, “repeatedly”) (Schuessler, 2007).

再

1. again; once again; a second time; re-

   再玩  ―  zài wán  ―  play again

   一拖再拖  ―  yī tuō zài tuō  ―  to put off again and again

   我再說一遍／我再说一遍  ―  wǒ zài shuō yī biàn  ―  I will say once again.

   後來我再也沒見過他了。 [MSC, trad.]
   后来我再也没见过他了。 [MSC, simp.]

   Hòulái wǒ zài yě méi jiàn guò tā le.

   Afterwards I have never seen him again.

   • 燕子去了，有再來的時候；楊柳枯了，有再青的時候；桃花謝了，有再開的時候。 [MSC, trad.]
     燕子去了，有再来的时候；杨柳枯了，有再青的时候；桃花谢了，有再开的时候。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1922, Zhu Ziqing, 匆匆 "Hurrily"

     Yànzǐ qù le, yǒu zài lái de shíhòu; yángliǔ kū le, yǒu zài qīng de shíhòu; táohuā xiè le, yǒu zài kāi de shíhòu.

     Gone are the swallows, still there's a time they'll come again. Wilted are the willows, still there's a time they'll be green again. Withered are the peach blossoms, still there's a time they'll bloom again.

2. Used to indicate a continuing situation in conditional or suppositional clauses

   再不出發，我們就會趕不上火車了。 [MSC, trad.]
   再不出发，我们就会赶不上火车了。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zài bù chūfā, wǒmen jiù huì gǎnbùshàng huǒchē le.

   If we don't leave now, we're going to miss the train.

3. more; -er

   再快一點／再快一点  ―  zài kuài yīdiǎn  ―  faster

   再大聲啲得唔得呀？ [Cantonese, trad.]
   再大声啲得唔得呀？ [Cantonese, simp.]

   zoi³ daai⁶ seng¹ di¹ dak¹ m⁴ dak¹ aa³?

   Louder please.

   小得不能再小的芝麻小事 [MSC, trad. and simp.]

   xiǎo de bùnéng zài xiǎo de zhīmáxiǎoshì

   a trivial matter that cannot be more trivial

4. Used with 也 (yě) and followed by a negative expression; no matter how...still (not)

   你再努力也不會成功。 [MSC, trad.]
   你再努力也不会成功。 [MSC, simp.]

   Nǐ zài nǔlì yě bùhuì chénggōng.

   No matter how hard you work, you will not succeed.

   有了這件棉衣，再冷的天我也不怕了。 [MSC, trad.]
   有了这件棉衣，再冷的天我也不怕了。 [MSC, simp.]

   Yǒule zhè jiàn miányī, zài lěng de tiān wǒ yě bù pà le.

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

5. then; only then

   我們吃過飯再回去吧。 [MSC, trad.]
   我们吃过饭再回去吧。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒmen chī guò fàn zài huíqù ba.

   We shall eat before returning.

   到時再算／到时再算 [Cantonese]  ―  dou³ si⁴ zoi³ syun³   ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

6. in addition; on top of that
7. (literary) twice

   • 季文子三思而後行。子聞之，曰：「再，斯可矣。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     季文子三思而后行。子闻之，曰：「再，斯可矣。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Jìwén Zǐ sānsī ér hòuxíng. Zǐ wén zhī, yuē: “Zài, sī kě yǐ.”

     Ji Wen thought thrice, and then acted. When the Master was informed of it, he said, "Twice may do."

   • 秦趙五戰，秦再勝而趙三勝。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     秦赵五战，秦再胜而赵三胜。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE

     Qín Zhào wǔ zhàn, Qín zài shèng ér Zhào sān shèng.

     Qin and Zhao fought five battles against each other; Qin won twice while Zhao won three times.

8. (literary) to appear again

   青春不再  ―  qīngchūn bùzài  ―  One’s youth never returns.

   • 嗚呼！勝地不常，盛筵難再；蘭亭已矣，梓澤丘墟。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     呜呼！胜地不常，盛筵难再；兰亭已矣，梓泽丘墟。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 王勃 (Wang Bo), 滕王閣序

     Wūhū! Shèngdì bùcháng, shèngyán nán zài; Lántíng yǐ yǐ, Zǐzé qiūxū.

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

9. a surname

In Old Chinese, 再 (OC *ʔsɯːs) strictly meant "twice" and not "again". The "second time" sense developed around the Tang dynasty.

再 (zài) is used for something that has not happened, while 又 (yòu) is used for something that already happened.

• (one again):

• (again): 又 (yòu)

(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)

1. again
2. twice
3. second time

• Go-on: さい (sai, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: さい (sai, Jōyō)
• Kan’yō-on: さ (sa, Jōyō ^†)
• Kun: ふたたび (futatabi, 再び, Jōyō)

再(さい) • (sai-) 

1. re-, again, repeated

   ページを再(さい)読(よ)み込(こ)み

   pēji o saiyomikomi

   reload the page

From Middle Chinese 再 (MC tsojH). Recorded as Middle Korean ᄌᆡ (coy) (Yale: coy) in Sinjeung Yuhap (新增類合 / 신증유합), 1576.

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): ~
• Phonetic hangul:
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

再

Wikisource

再 (eumhun 두 재 (du jae))
再 (eumhun 다시 재 (dasi jae))

1. hanja form^? of 재 (“again”)
2. hanja form^? of 재 (“twice”)

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

再: Hán Việt readings: tái^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}
再: Nôm readings: tái^[1][2][3], táy^[3][7], tải

1. chữ Hán form of tái (“re-, again”).