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-<WL>再 [zài] again; 再见 zàijiàn goodbye
+<WL>再 [zài] again; re-; further; more; after, then; later; 再见 zàijiàn goodbye, see you (again) later@@; (HDZ:) …
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-Supposed to represent a 巾 balance or scales, hanging from a 一 beam, with the number 二 two (2) superimposed (the lower two horizontal strokes).
+The Shuōwén Seal form of 再(􀪸) zài ‘once and twice/again, repeating for a second time’ is said to combine 一 yī ‘one’ (above), and 冓(􀪷) gòu ‘structure/construct’ (abbrev.): the upper component 一 marks the omission of the upper half of 冓, which is yet to be built.
+	Note: The meaning of 冓 here is that of 加(􂜛) jiā ‘add/pile’ in 架(􁀓枷) jià ‘frame/rack/shelf’ (DYC).
+	Older graphs associated with 再 are said to depict a 巾 balance or scales, hanging from a 一 beam, with 二 ‘two’ superimposed (the lower two horizontal strokes).
 	“A 二 second 巾 weighing, equal to the first one” —Wieger.
-	Compare 两 liǎng. No relation to 冉 rǎn.
+	Compare: 两/兩(􁒸) liǎng ‘two’; 冉(􁧖冄) rǎn ‘hanging down (hair/fur/etc.)’.
+	HDZ: 再 : zài : 两次, 第二次; 重复, 继续; (副词) 然后; 另外; 更加; 与否定词配合使用; 也, 都; 却, 也; 載: 且…且, 又…又)
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