再zài

再

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Simplified Chinese

Modern simplified form (簡體). 再 (zài, "again, once more") remains unchanged from its traditional form — the character has persisted unchanged for millennia, depicting the concept of repetition with two horizontal strokes atop the radical 冂 (open field). It appears in compounds like 再见 (goodbye), 再三 (again and again), and 再现 (to reappear).

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Shuowen

再. The oracle bone shows two fish stacked one above the other, their bodies aligned in perfect symmetry. The repetition of the fish motif conveys the idea of 'again, a second time', giving the character its sense of recurrence.

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zài· HSK 1

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