Sinograph Addenda · Signs

又again · yòu · again, further; the old drawing of the right hand

again

Where it comes from

A right hand seen from the side, two strokes — one of the script’s oldest and busiest components. As a word it means “again, further”; as a part it grips inside 有have · yǒu · to have, there is and dozens of hand-characters to come. Taught in the busiest-words chapter.

How to remember it

The hand that reaches back for more: again. Whenever a character needs a hand, look for these two strokes.

In the wild