Again Radical (又) — Characters, Meaning and Practice Worksheet
又 is the again radical. It appears in 38 of the most common Chinese characters — these 12 are the ones worth learning first, and the worksheet below gives every one of them a pinyin header, a stroke-by-stroke model and blank Tianzige grids to copy into.
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What does 又 mean?
Again radical · 又 yòu · 2 strokes · again; (originally) a right hand
It usually appears on the right, at the top, or on the left. The Origin column below shows what each character's parts do — many take their meaning from the radical, some take their sound from the other half.
Shapes: 又
又 itself: A right hand, representing a pair; compare 左
12 common characters with 又
Ranked by how often they appear in real written Chinese. Every character links to its own page with a stroke-order animation and example words.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| 对 | duì | for, to, with regard to | A pair 又 of hands 寸 |
| 发 | fā | send out, give out, distribute | |
| 反 | fǎn | oppose, combat; reverse; turn against | A hand 又 held up against a cliff 厂 |
| 度 | dù | [measure word for temperature, angle, electricity, etc.] degree; kwh | Twenty 廿 people 又 meeting inside a building 广 to deliberate |
| 受 | shòu | receive; be subject to, suffer; endure, bear | Something 冖 passed from one hand 爫 to another 又 |
| 难 | nán | difficult | A hand 又 trying to grasp at a bird 隹 |
| 报 | bào | newspaper | A hand 扌 cuffing 又 a criminal 卩, representing sentencing |
| 变 | biàn | change | |
| 友 | yǒu | friend | Two hands 又 joined, representing friendship; 又 also provides the pronunciation |
| 观 | guān | watch, look at | To see 见 again 又 |
| 及 | jí | and | |
| 服 | fú | take (medicine); be convinced, obey | A person 卩 putting on 又 a coat 月 |
Related Radicals
- 卜Divination radical · bǔ9 common characters · divination; forecasting
- 厂Cliff radical · hǎn19 common characters · a cliff; a shelter slope
- 厶Private radical · sī17 common characters · private; personal
- 口Mouth radical · kǒu134 common characters · mouth; an opening
- 囗Enclosure radical · wéi13 common characters · an enclosure; walls all around
- 土Earth radical · tǔ59 common characters · earth, soil
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