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又
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again

HSK 2 N1
Communication →Language
yòu
ユウ
また、また-、また.の-
우
Pictograph of a hand. The character is based on the original meaning "hand". The current meaning "again" is a phonetic loan.
Notes
Historical Evolution
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Bronze
Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Bronze Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Bronze
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Bronze Mid Warring States (~300 BC)
Bronze
Mid Warring States (~300 BC)
Bronze Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Bronze
Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Bronze Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Bronze
Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
又
Regular
Modern
Chinese
又 [yòu]
(once) again; also; both... and...; and yet; (used for emphasis) anyway
Japanese
又 、 亦 (rare) 、 復 (rare) また 同音

adverb

  1. usually kana again; once more; once again; another time; some other time
  2. usually kana also; too; as well; likewise
  3. usually kana on the other hand; while
  4. usually kana really; how; (what, why) on earth (expresses surprise, shock, doubt, etc.)
  5. usually kana ksb some time (in the future)

conj.

  1. usually kana and; in addition; besides; moreover; furthermore
  2. usually kana or; otherwise

prefix

  1. indirect
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (9)
また会えて嬉しいよ。
Nice to see you again!
またの機会にしましょう。
Let's make it some other time.
ありがとう。また、次の日にくるようにします。
Thanks. Maybe we'll come back.
ジムもまたパーティーに来ます。
Jim is coming to the party, too.
Japanese Names
又 たすく
Tasuku given name
又 また
Mata surname
CHINESE WORDS (41)
欲言又止 [yù​yán​yòu​zhǐ] #26,709
to want to say sth but then hesitate
赔了夫人又折兵 [péi​le​fū​rén​yòu​zhé​bīng] #48,807
having given away a bride, to lose one's army on top of it (idiom)
赔了夫人又折兵 [péi​le​fū​rén​yòu​zhé​bīng] #48,807
having given away a bride, to lose one's army on top of it (idiom)
玄之又玄 [xuán​zhī​yòu​xuán] #55,780
mystery within a mystery
又及 [yòu​jí] #59,034
P.S.
一次又一次 [yī​cì​yòu​yī​cì]
repeatedly
一波未平，一波又起 [yī​bō​wèi​píng​, ​yī​bō​yòu​qǐ]
before the first wave subsides, a new wave rises (idiom); a new problem arises before the old is solved
一遍又一遍 [yī​biàn​yòu​yī​biàn]
over and over
又一次 [yòu​yī​cì]
yet again
又来了 [yòu​lái​le]
Here we go again.
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JAPANESE WORDS (55)
⭐ 又 [また] #8,856
again
二股 [ふたまた] #20,462
seeing two people (i.e. romantically) at the same time
夢のまた夢 [ゆめのまたゆめ] #29,307
dream within a dream
またの名を [またのなを] #32,014
also known as
また来週 [またらいしゅう] #37,933
see you next week
また聞き [またぎき] #49,254
hearsay
三つ又 [みつまた] #52,163
three-pronged
猫又 [ねこまた] #54,340
nekomata
三叉路 [さんさろ] #62,024
three-way junction
又もや [またもや] #76,045
once again
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