Kanji N2

再: again, twice, second time

再 is a JLPT N2 kanji meaning again, twice, second time, written with 6 strokes. It is read サイ, サ (on) and ふたたび (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 5. You will see it in 再び (ふたたび, again) and 再三 (さいさん, again and again).

再

Meanings

  • again
  • twice
  • second time
Strokes6
JLPT levelN2
School gradeGrade 5
Frequency#275 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • サイ
  • サ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • ふたたび

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 再

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 再びふたたび

    again; once more; a second time

    JLPT N3
  • 再三さいさん

    again and again; repeatedly

    JLPT N2
  • 再建さいけん

    rebuilding; reconstruction; rehabilitation

    JLPT N1
  • 再生さいせい

    restoration to life; coming to life again

    JLPT N1
  • 再発さいはつ

    return; relapse; recurrence

    JLPT N1
  • 再現さいげん

    reappearance; reemergence; return; revival

    JLPT N1
  • 再会さいかい

    meeting again; reunion

    JLPT N1
  • 再さい

    re-; again

    JLPT N1

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0; the Spanish meanings they lack, translated by Naraio from their English, are shared under the same licence. Example sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY. Sentences split into words with IPADIC © NAIST and IPA, through Lindera.