to bow again; to bow twice (gesture of respect in former times); (in letters, an expression of respect)
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2再
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
again; once more; re-, further; beyond this point of time, (before an adjective) more, then (after sth, and not until then), no matter how ... (followed by an adjective or verb, and then (usually) 也[ye3] or 都[dou1] for emphasis), (used to introduce additional information, as in 再則|再则[zai4 ze2], 再就是[zai4 jiu4 shi4] etc), (literary) to reappear; to reoccur
- Pinyin
- zài
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 87 of 2500
拜
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
to bow to; to pay one's respects, (bound form) to extend greetings (on a specific occasion), to make a courtesy call, (bound form) (of a monarch) to appoint sb to (a position) by performing a ceremony, to acknowledge sb as one's (master, godfather etc), (used before some verbs to indicate politeness)
- Pinyin
- bài
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 1216 of 2500