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再 — again; once more; re-

again; once more; re-; further; beyond this point of time; more

Pinyin
zài
Strokes
6
HSK level
HSK 1
Handwriting
recognition only

How to write 再: 6 strokes

Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. The syllabus asks you to recognise this character rather than write it by hand.

再 — 6 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Words with 再 in the HSK syllabus: 10

Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.

  1. 再zàiagain; once more; re-HSK 1
  2. 再见zàijiàngoodbyeHSK 1
  3. 再次zàicìonce more; once againHSK 4
  4. 再说zàishuōto say again; to put off a discussion until laterHSK 4
  5. 一再yízàirepeatedlyHSK 6
  6. 再三zàisānover and over again; again and againHSK 6
  7. 再生zàishēngto be reborn; to regenerateHSK 6
  8. 再度zàidùonce more; once again; one more timeHSK 7–9
  9. 再接再厉zàijiē-zàilìto continue the struggle; to persistHSK 7–9
  10. 再现zàixiànto recreate; to reconstructHSK 7–9

Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.