Jisho

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2 strokes
Radical:
right hand
Parts:
or again, furthermore, on the other hand
Kun:
またまた-また.の-
On:
ユウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1874 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

Kun reading compounds

  • 又 【また】 again, once more, once again, another time, some other time, also, too, as well, likewise, on the other hand, while, and, in addition, besides, moreover, furthermore, or, otherwise, really, how, (what, why) on earth, indirect
  • 又は 【または】 or, either ... or ...
  • 尚又 【なおまた】 besides, moreover, furthermore, further, in addition (to that)
  • 猫又 【ねこまた】 nekomata, fork-tailed cat yōkai, giant beast that inhabits the mountains

Readings

Japanese names:
やす
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
you4
Korean:
u

Spanish

  • otra vez
  • además
  • por otra parte
  • otro
  • distinto

Portuguese

  • ou outra vez
  • além disso
  • na outra mão

French

  • ou encore
  • de plus
  • d'un autre côté
1835 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1460 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
855 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1851 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1119 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
13 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1593 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1700 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1762 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
264 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4158 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2108 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2853 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
703 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
3115 Morohashi
3351 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
668 New Nelson (John Haig)
696 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
752 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
467 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
1009 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3567 2001 Kanji
2h0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
4-2-1 SKIP code
7740.0 Four corner code
1740.0 Four corner code
1-43-84 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
53c8 Unicode hex code

12 strokes
Radical:
shell
Parts:
buy
Kun:
か.う
On:
バイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
520 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 買収 【バイシュウ】 acquisition (esp. corporate), buy-out, takeover, purchase, bribery, buying off, corruption
  • 買収計画 【バイシュウケイカク】 purchasing plan, acquisition plan
  • 不買 【フバイ】 not buying
  • 人身売買 【ジンシンバイバイ】 slave trade, white-slave trade, human trafficking

Kun reading compounds

  • 買う 【かう】 to buy, to purchase, to value (highly), to think highly of, to have a high opinion of, to appreciate, to recognize, to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.), to elicit (e.g. sneers), to invite (e.g. scorn), to evoke, to arouse, to win (someone's favour), to accept, to take on, to take up, to pay for (a prostitute, geisha, etc.)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
mai3
Korean:
mae

Spanish

  • comprar

Portuguese

  • comprar

French

  • acheter
300 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
212 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
193 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
330 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3637 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
48 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
89 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1753 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.8 Japanese for Busy People
241 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
241 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
188 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1731 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3211 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1662 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2252 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
839 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
36708 Morohashi
2598 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5793 New Nelson (John Haig)
831 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
894 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
433 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
221 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3661 2001 Kanji
5g7.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-5-7 SKIP code
6080.6 Four corner code
1-39-67 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8cb7 Unicode hex code