再

Pronunciationzài
Five Elements
FortuneAuspicious
Strokes6 strokes

Basic Info

Pronunciation zài
Five Elements
Fortune Auspicious
Radical
Simplified Strokes 6 strokes
Traditional Strokes 6 strokes

Naming Meaning

Kangxi Dictionary

View Original Page 129
View Original Page 129
Zi Collection, Page Position: Lower Radical: Upside-down Box (jiōng) Character: 再; Kangxi Strokes: 6 Page Number: 129, Line 8 From Tangyun, Jiming, Yunhui: Zàidài cut, sound zài. Shuowen Jiezi states: One action repeated twice. The character form is a simplification of 冓 (gòu). Xu曰 (Xu Yuē) states: One statement indicating twice. Yupian states: The meaning of twice. Guangyun states: The meaning of repetition, also the meaning of once more. "I will not repeat my words a second time." — Book of Documents (Shujing) "Words spoken incorrectly will not be spoken a second time." — Book of Rites (Liji). The commentary states: Knowing one has made a mistake, one corrects it, thus not repeating the error. "Once is already too much, how can there be a second time?" — Zuo Commentary (Zuozhuan) Also read as zǐlì cut, sound jì. "To govern in defiance of laws and according to one's desires, how is this different from their practices? I would rather die suddenly and be carried away by the water than fear that disaster will strike again." — Songs of Chu (Chuci)

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