Zi:又

又 [yòu] again; both ... and ...; (radical 29, 又​部)

One monosyllabic entry in The ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary (namespace Ci):

►¹yòu ​又 {A} adv. again; moreover ‖ ∼ guòle yī̠ tiān ∼过了一天 another day passed ‖ ∼ shì tā. ∼是他。 It's him again. (disapprovingly) ◆conj. ①and; in addition ‖ sān ∼ wǔ fēnzhī sì 三∼五分之四 three and four-fifths ②but; on the other hand ‖ Wǒ xiạ̌ng mǎi, ∼ pà tài guì. 我想买, ∼怕太贵。 I thought of buying it, but was afraid that it was too expensive. ◆cons. ∼ A ∼ B both A and B ‖ ∼ piányi ∼ hǎo ∼便宜∼好 cheap as well as good

Picture of the ​ right hand. Now ​右 yòu is used for the meaning ‘right’, and 又 is used for an abstract homophone ‘again’.
►references: Guǎngyùn:434.20; Wieger:43b; Karlgren:AD419,GSR995a; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:1.390.1; Mathews:7539; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:164.43; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:002.0.02; Wáng(1993):17; EDOC:1
►components: ​
►Cantonese: yauh-
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