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再 zài — “again”
How to write and say the Chinese character 再 (zài), which means again — with stroke order, audio, its story, and an example sentence. Theme: Time & days.
Pinyin · 拼音 zài
Meaning · 意思 again
Strokes · 笔画 6
Radical · 部首 冂 (open box)
Hear it · 听发音
Stroke order笔顺
再 is written with 6 strokes, in this order (the red stroke is the one being added):
The story behind it字源小故事
A little picture: two fish 冉 caught on a line 一.
A common word常用词
再见
goodbye — see you again
Example sentence例句
再读一遍吧。
Read it one more time.
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