⼜

See also: ヌ, ﾇ, ㄡ, 攵, 文, and 𠬠

又 U+53C8, 又 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53C8 ← 叇 [U+53C7] CJK Unified Ideographs 叉 → [U+53C9]

⼜ U+2F1C, ⼜ KANGXI RADICAL AGAIN ← ⼛ [U+2F1B] Kangxi Radicals ⼝ → [U+2F1D]

Translingual

Stroke order

Stroke order

Han character

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Radical 29 又

又 (Kangxi radical 29, 又+0, 2 strokes, cangjie input 弓大 (NK), four-corner 1740₀ or 7740₀, composition ⿻㇇㇏)

1. Kangxi radical #29, ⼜.
2. Shuowen Jiezi radical №76

Derived characters

• Appendix:Chinese radical/又
• 仅, 叹, 奴, 汉, 权, 臤, 馭(驭), 劝, 对, 邓, 戏, 欢, 艰, 覌(观), 难, 鳮(鸡)
• 圣, 支, 攴, 殳, 㝊, 㝕, 隻, 曼, 䯭, 燮, 雙, 矍, 㞋, 夃, 凤, 㘝

Additional Derived Characters

• 𠘫, 𪢲, 𫲡, 𡯉, 𫵴, 𢎤, 𭠎, 𨸕, 𡯅, 𪱙, 𤕭, 𪻍, 𤰖, 𥃫, 𥝐, 𣦼, 𣦻, 𮕧, 𥸩, 𭁥, 𡊋, 𭐶, 𮍍, 𧺉, 𬩴, 𮮃, 𭰇, 𨥁, 𩚄, 𦒺, 𧆤, 𬴲, 𩵎, 𣕒, 𧧙, 𪎳
• 𠚫, 𠨏, 𪠂, 𩑌, 𠮢, 𡚩, 𤆆, 𦘬, 𦤵, 𧈡, 𧠈(𬢇), 𬥎
• 𪠲, 𭐟, 𦫿, 𤆌, 𠇀, 𤼦, 𥤦, 𡧌, 𢆼, 𠵬, 𫳓, 𥆣, 𦴋, 𡩠, 𣺎, 𤔪, 𭙎, 𤴨, 𧆛, 𮓚, 𤔔, 𤶯, 𪗅, 𭅄, 𠕀

Descendants

• ㄡ (ōu) (Zhuyin letter)

Further reading

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 164, character 43
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3115
• Dae Jaweon: page 374, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 390, character 1
• Unihan data for U+53C8

Chinese

simp. and trad.		又

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 又
Shang	Western Zhou	Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

	Old Chinese
絠	*kɯːʔ
醢	*qʰɯːʔ
珛	*qʰʷɯs
栯	*ɢʷɯʔ, *qʷɯ
有	*ɢʷɯʔ
友	*ɢʷɯʔ
右	*ɢʷɯʔ, *ɢʷɯs
宥	*ɢʷɯs
囿	*ɢʷɯs, *ɡʷɯ
侑	*ɢʷɯs
酭	*ɢʷɯs
姷	*ɢʷɯs
又	*ɢʷɯs
佑	*ɢʷɯs
祐	*ɢʷɯs
賄	*qʰʷɯːʔ
蛕	*qʰʷɯːʔ, *ɡʷɯː
烠	*ɡʷɯː
倄	*ɢraːw, *ɢʷɯːʔ
鮪	*ɢʷɯʔ
洧	*ɢʷɯʔ
痏	*ɢʷɯʔ
郁	*qʷɯ
戫	*qʷɯ
哊	*ɡʷɯ

Characters in the same phonetic series (又) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

Pictogram (象形) – a right hand. Original form of 右 (OC *ɢʷɯʔ, *ɢʷɯs, “right”). Unrelated to 𠬤 (> 译).

Often written as 彐 in many modern characters such as 事, 聿, 雪, 急, 爭, 尹, and 建 (which is unrelated to 聿).

Etymology

Adverbial derivation of 有 (OC *ɢʷɯʔ, “to have; there is”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character	又
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	云 (35)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	于救切
Baxter	hjuwH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦɨuH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦiuH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣiəuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦuwH/
Li Rong	/ɣiuH/
Wang Li	/ɣĭəuH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/i̯ə̯uH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yòu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jau6

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	又
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yòu
Middle Chinese	‹ hjuwH ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɢ]ʷəʔ-s/
English	also, in addition
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	又
Reading #	1/1
No.	15603
Phonetic component	又
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	宥
Old Chinese	/*ɢʷɯs/

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): yòu (you⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˋ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): ю (i͡u, III)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁶

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): yu

  (Meixian, Guangdong): yu⁴

• Eastern Min (BUC): êu
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): iu⁵
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): iū

  (Teochew, Peng'im): iu⁷ / iu⁶

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶yeu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yòu
    • Wade–Giles: yu⁴
    • Yale: yòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yow
    • Palladius: ю (ju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯⁵¹/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: ю (i͡u, III)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iou⁴⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jau⁶
    • Yale: yauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yu
    • Hakka Romanization System: iu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yiu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /i̯u⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yu
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)iu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yiu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯u⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: yu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /iu⁵³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: êu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iɛu²⁴²/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: iu⁵
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: iū
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iu¹¹/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: iu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iu²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iū
    • Tâi-lô: iū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iu²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iu⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iu²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iu³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iu³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: iu⁷ / iu⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: iū / iŭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iu¹¹/, /iu³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶yeu
    • MiniDict: yeu^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhieu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦiɤ²³/

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• Middle Chinese: hjuwH

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ]ʷəʔ-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷɯs/

Definitions

又

1. again; once more

   又下雨了！  ―  Yòu xiàyǔ le!  ―  It's raining again!

   想了又想  ―  xiǎng le yòu xiǎng  ―  to think and think; to deeply think about

   一次又一次的失敗 [MSC, trad.]
   一次又一次的失败 [MSC, simp.]

   yīcì yòu yīcì de shībài [Pinyin]

   failure after failure

   • 自此以後，又長久沒有看見孔乙己。 [MSC, trad.]
     自此以后，又长久没有看见孔乙己。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1919, Lu Xun, 孔乙己 (Kung I-chi)

     Zìcǐ yǐhòu, yòu chángjiǔ méiyǒu kànjiàn Kǒng Yǐjǐ. [Pinyin]

     A long time went by after that without our seeing Kung again.

2. Used to express the coexistence of several conditions or qualities; both ... and ...

   聰明又漂亮／聪明又漂亮  ―  cōngmíng yòu piàoliang  ―  smart and pretty

   我又餓又渴。／我又饿又渴。  ―  Wǒ yòu è yòu kě.  ―  I am hungry and thirsty.

   我又想去，又不想去，該怎麼辦？ [MSC, trad.]
   我又想去，又不想去，该怎么办？ [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ yòu xiǎng qù, yòu bù xiǎng qù, gāi zěnme bàn? [Pinyin]

   I want to go, but I also don't want to go, what should I do?

3. also; in addition

   達·芬奇是科學家，又是藝術家。 [MSC, trad.]
   达·芬奇是科学家，又是艺术家。 [MSC, simp.]

   Dá Fēnqí shì kēxuéjiā, yòu shì yìshùjiā. [Pinyin]

   Leonardo da Vinci was a scientist also an artist.

   • 神就造出大魚和水中所滋生各樣有生命的動物，各從其類。又造出各樣飛鳥，各從其類。神看著是好的。 [MSC, trad.]
     神就造出大鱼和水中所滋生各样有生命的动物，各从其类。又造出各样飞鸟，各从其类。神看着是好的。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 新標點和合本 (Chinese Union Version with New Punctuation), 創世記 (Genesis) 1:21

     Shén jiù zào chū dà yú hé shuǐ zhōng suǒ zīshēng gèyàng yǒu shēngmìng de dòngwù, gè cóng qí lèi. Yòu zào chū gèyàng fēiniǎo, gè cóng qí lèi. Shén kàn zhuó shì hǎo de. [Pinyin]

     And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

4. Used between a whole number and a fraction

   四小時又十分鐘／四小时又十分钟  ―  sì xiǎoshí yòu shí fēnzhōng  ―  four hours and ten minutes

   二又三分之一  ―  èr yòu sān fēn zhī yī  ―  two and a third

5. but; on the other hand
6. Used in negative statements and rhetorical questions for emphasis

   這樣做對你又有什麼好處？ [MSC, trad.]
   这样做对你又有什么好处？ [MSC, simp.]

   Zhèyàng zuò duì nǐ yòu yǒu shénme hǎochù? [Pinyin]

   What good for you is there in doing that?

   嗰啲嘢又唔係我做，關我咩事啫。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   嗰啲嘢又唔系我做，关我咩事啫。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   go² di¹ je⁵ jau⁶ m⁴ hai⁶ ngo⁵ zou⁶, gwaan¹ ngo⁵ me¹ si⁶ ze¹. [Jyutping]

   Why should I care about that! It's not like I did it.

   我又唔係冇錢。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   我又唔系冇钱。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   ngo⁵ jau⁶ m⁴ hai⁶ mou⁵ cin⁴. [Jyutping]

   It's not like I'm broke.

   你又知？ [Cantonese]  ―  nei⁵ jau⁶ zi¹? [Jyutping]  ―  Oh, you know this? (surprised tone)

Usage notes

Compared to 再 (zài) which is used for something that has not happened, 又 (yòu) is used for something that already happened.

Synonyms

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		又
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	又
	Taiwan	又
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	又
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	又
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	又
	Wuhan	又
	Guilin	又
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	又
	Hefei	又
Cantonese	Guangzhou	又, 又試
	Hong Kong	又, 又試
	Yangjiang	又
Gan	Nanchang	又
Hakka	Meixian	又
Jin	Taiyuan	又
Northern Min	Jian'ou	又, 已
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	復
Southern Min	Xiamen	閣, 閣再, 又閣再, 又閣
	Quanzhou	閣, 閣再, 又閣再, 又閣
	Zhangzhou	閣, 閣再, 又閣再, 又閣
	Taipei	閣 GT, 閣再 GT, 又閣 GT
	Singapore (Hokkien)	閣, 閣再, 又閣
	Manila (Hokkien)	閣, 閣再
	Chaozhou	又, 又再
	Shantou	又
Wu	Shanghai	再, 又
	Suzhou	亦
	Wenzhou	亦
Xiang	Changsha	又
	Shuangfeng	又
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Dialectal synonyms of 又 (“again; once more”) [map]

See also

• (again): 再 (zài)

Compounds

• 一又
• 三又
• 卻又 / 却又
• 又且
• 又作別論 / 又作别论
• 又作馮婦 / 又作冯妇
• 又及
• 又双叒叕
• 又名 (yòumíng)
• 又好笑，又好氣 / 又好笑，又好气 (yòu hǎo xiào, yòu hǎo qì)
• 又弱一個 / 又弱一个
• 又急又氣 / 又急又气
• 又早
• 又是
• 又氣又急 / 又气又急
• 又生一秦
• 又當別論 / 又当别论
• 又紅又專 / 又红又专 (yòu hóng yòu zhuān)
• 又要
• 又試 / 又试
• 又說又笑 / 又说又笑
• 又讀 / 又读
• 又道是
• 又閣 / 又阁
• 又驚又喜 / 又惊又喜 (yòujīngyòuxǐ)
• 可又來 / 可又来
• 少之又少 (shǎozhīyòushǎo)
• 復又 / 复又
• 損之又損 / 损之又损
• 日新又新
• 欲言又止 (yùyányòuzhǐ)
• 玄之又玄 (xuánzhīyòuxuán)
• 賠了夫人又折兵 / 赔了夫人又折兵 (péi le fūrén yòu zhébīng)