The Chinese Radical: 又


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Meaning
again, hand    又

Explanation Other radicals with a hand are:

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 1
to reply, to answer, to oppose, to face
duì
Left: once again (image of a hand), right: skillful hand
The two hands are opposite, when: replying.
JLPT HSK 1
clothes, dress, to take (medicine)

From left: body /, bent person , hand
The (naked) body bends down with the hand for the clothes.
JLPT HSK 1
friend
yǒu
Comprises twice a radical for hand: , as shaking hands
They shake hands because they are friends.
JLPT HSK 1
joyous, happy, pleased
huān
Left: once again (image of a hand), right: deficient/lack (A yawning person is lacking sth. [namely good manners])
Even though a hand is lacking, I stay happy.
JLPT HSK 1
man, Han ethnic group, Chinese (language)
hàn
Left: water , right: (once)again (image of a hand) - In the Han dynasty there was an economic boom due to the waterways (= ) and hardworking hands
Water(-ways) and hands for the success of the Han Dynasty.
JLPT HSK 2
to announce, to inform, report, newspaper
bào
Left: hand , right: bent person and a further hand
About the bent person with two different hands was informed in an announcement.
JLPT HSK 2
chicken, fowl

Left: Once again (shows a hand), right: bird 鸟 (simplified from with head , tail フ, and claws )
(The chicken is domesticated but other birds would fly away when touched.) You have your hand at this bird: the chicken.
JLPT HSK 3
to send out, to show (one's feeling), to happen
fā, fà
Top: mountain (drawn untidy), below: hand
(e.g. in a draft letter) The mountain was drawn by the hand very messy, but now we have to send (the letter) out.
JLPT HSK 3
double, pair, two ..., both
shuāng
Two hands
Two hands make a pair.
JLPT HSK 3
tree, to plant
shù
Left: tree , right: to reply 对 (Once again to give a skillful answer.) [ shows a hand]
You need a tree and both hands (this hand and your skillful hand ) to plant that tree.
JLPT HSK 3
to change, to become different, to transform
biàn
Top: also/further (To understand this variation as red , you can also/further do.) [red : When earth (clay) is burned , the pottery becomes red ], bottom: once again (image of a hand)
(Did he work so much until the hand was blood-red?) A reddish hand stands for: making a change.
JLPT HSK 3
a play, drama, opera, trick

Left: again (image of a hand), right: halberd
Again and again the hand at the halberd in a play.
JLPT HSK 3
(once) again, also
yòu
Pictograph of a hand
A hand, again.
JLPT HSK 3
uncle, father's younger brother
shū
Left: pepper plant , right: hand
Pepper plants in the hands of my younger uncle.
JLPT HSK 3
difficult (to...), problem, disaster, to scold
nán, nàn
Left: once-again (image of a hand), right: bird
To use your hand (for catching) a bird is difficult!
JLPT HSK 4
merely, barely, only
jǐn
Left: person , right: again, also (image of a hand)
A person with only one hand, merely.
JLPT HSK 4
to reach, up to, and, in time for

Left: person , right: image of a hand stretched out to reach something 丿
The person stretches out a hand to reach sth.
JLPT HSK 4
tight, strict, near, short (of money)
jǐn
Top: knife , again (image of a hand), bottom: thread, string
If you need a knife in your hand (to get free) from the threads, they are tight and strict.
JLPT HSK 4
contrary, to oppose, against, instead, to reverse
fǎn
Left: cliff , right: hand
Climbing the cliff by hand? I am contrary.
JLPT HSK 4
to receive, to accept, to suffer (passive marker)
shòu
From top: a hand reaching down , cover , hand
One hand from above holds a cover, the other hand receives it.
JLPT HSK 4
degree, measure, x-times, extent

广 廿
Outside: building 广, below: various objects 廿 (means actually: twenty), hand
In the house is an object with which the hand measures x-times the degrees.
JLPT HSK 4
to take, to fetch, to get, to choose

Left: ear , right: hand
Take somebody's ear with the hand to fetch it.
JLPT HSK 4
to look at, watch, observe, Taoist monastery
guān, guàn
Left: again (image of a hand), right: to see /見 (.. an eye on legs ), (cf.看)
With the hand and seeing to look at sth.
JLPT HSK 4
strong, solid, firm, unyielding, resolute
jiān
Top: knife and hand , below: earth
With a knife in my hand I am on the earth: strong and resolute!
JLPT HSK 5
(human) rights, authority, power
quán
Left: tree , right: (once)again, also (image of a hand)
(To touch) a tree by hand is (everybody's) right.
JLPT HSK 5
to advise, to urge, persuade, to exhort
quàn
Left: hand , right: force
With your hand and force you can 'advise'.
JLPT HSK 5
to narrate, to chat, relate to a story

Left: excess/rest (A heap is still on the altar [= to show], thus in excess.), right: hand
He needs an extra hand for narrating.
JLPT HSK 5
difficult, hard, hardship, terrible (task)
jiān
Left: hand , right: not good ('good' would be , but here the accent is missing, thus 'not good')
With a hand, that is not good, it's difficult.
JLPT HSK 5
coast, beach, shoal
tān
Left: water , right: difficult (By hand to catch a bird is difficult.)
(There is only salt water at the coast) The water is difficult (to use) if it is from the coast.
JLPT HSK 5
fork, pitchfork, prong, to diverge
chā, chá, chǎ, chà

A hand with something in, namely a fork.
JLPT HSK 5
throat, voice
sǎng
Left: mouth , right: mulberry tree 桑 (three times hand , harvesting in the tree )
The mouths when harvesting in the mulberry tree (are singing) with full throat.
JLPT HSK 6
sigh, gasp, exclaim
tàn
Left: mouth , right: hand
The mouth should be (covered) with the hand, when: sighing.
JLPT HSK 6
mulberry tree
sāng
Three hands 叒 , tree
Three hands in a tree: This must be a mulberry. (Harvesting leaves for the silkworms)
JLPT HSK 6
holy, sacred, divine
shèng
This is understood as "vertical" with a hand vertically above the earth
The hand is vertically over the object when blessing it, thus when making it: 'holy'.
JLPT HSK 6
to spread out, vendor's stand
tān
Left: hand , right: difficult (By hand [to catch] a bird is difficult)
By hand (to select) is difficult, if it is not spread out.
JLPT HSK 6
to pile up, repeat, to fold (in layers), furl
dié
From top: 叒 (3x hand ), cover , further/moreover (A pile of stones [= a stone cairn] where moreover stones are added.)
These three hands shall pile up covers or stone-piles: repeatingly and in layers.
JLPT HSK 6
slave, servant

Left: woman , right: hand
Women's hands work like slaves.
JLPT HSK 6
paralyzed, limp
tān
Left: disease (An ice--cold building 广 makes sick.), inside: difficult (by hand [to catch] a bird is difficult)
The disease, where you have difficulties, is when being paralyzed.
JLPT HSK 6
to sew, stitch together, connect, embellish
zhuì
Left: thread 纟/, right: 叕 (4x hand , here: embroidered threads)
Threads are embroidered when: Sewing together or embellishing.
JLPT no HSK
phoenix
fèng
Outside: table (here: a sail), inside: hand
(Because of the large wings) Its 'hand' is like a sail: The Phoenix.
JLPT no HSK
surname Deng
dèng
Left: (once) again (image of a hand), right: village
With his hand in the village is the: "Dèng".
JLPT no HSK
to manage, to drive, to control

Left: horse /馬 (with mane 三, four legs und tail ㄅ), right: hand
For the horse use your hand to: manage it.
JLPT no HSK
to seize, to snatch, to grab
jué
Left: hand , right: 矍 (2x eye , to seize 隻 [... a bird by hand ])
You need your hand and both eyes when seizing a bird with your hand: The seizing.
JLPT no HSK
to exorcise demons
nuó
Left: person , right: difficult (By hand [to catch] a bird is difficult.)
Persons have difficulties with: exorcism.
JLPT no HSK
old gentleman, old man
sǒu
Stick and hands from left and right E, , below: again (shows hand)
He supports himself with both hands at a stick that serves as a third hand: the old man.
JLPT no HSK
channel, gully, narrow ravine, bed of torrent

Top: 㕡 (Upper left resembles: cavity,hole and valley with other elements showing a channel itself) and hand ), bottom: earth
(So that the water can flow away) A hole for running towards the valley was formed by the hand in the earth as a channel or canal.

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