又 Home·Characters·又 Character · Qualities 又 mata again, hand Composition 12 Origin Pictograph of a right hand; the meaning "again" came by phonetic borrowing. Related characters 及to reach友friend取to take度degree, time反opposite, reverse支branch殳weapon, strike不not, negation乏lack, scarcity也to be, also事matter, affair他other以by means of位rank, position