The kanji 再: meaning, readings and stroke order

再

Meaning: again
On reading: サイ sai、サ* sa
Kun reading: ふたた（び） futatabi
Strokes: 6
Radical: 冂 open country
Level: Level 5 · grade 5

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: lại, lần nữa (tái)
Japanese: もういちど。ふたたび。
Korean: 다시 (재)
Chinese: 再、再次

Readings, words and example sentences

サイ sai · on reading

再さい開かい
starting again, resuming
雨がやんで試合を 再さい開かいします。
The rain stopped, so the game starts again.

ふたた（び） futatabi · kun reading

再ふたたび
again
再ふたたび 会える日を待っています。
I'm waiting for the day we can meet again.

* marks a less common reading, usually learnt from junior high on.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.