or again, furthermore, on the other hand
又 centers on addition or alternation: something happening again, furthermore, or presenting another side of a situation.
又 is a pictograph of a right hand, originally depicting a hand with fingers. Over time it came to be used abstractly for 'again' or 'furthermore' through grammatical extension.
Picture a hand making a 'come again' gesture, beckoning something to happen once more. The simple two-stroke fork shape is like a hand signaling 'again' or 'on the other hand'.
For ユウ, imagine a hand beckoning you to come again: 'you' -> ユウ, as if the hand is saying 'you, again!'
again; once more; once again; another time; some other time
or; either ... or ...
unique; matchless; unparalleled; unparallelled; never again
nekomata; fork-tailed cat yōkai
traditional winter hunters in Tōhoku; matagi
three-pronged; three-way (e.g. outlet, intersection); trifurcated
(yet) again
oh goodness!; I say!
kanji radical 79 at right
Pacific blackdragon (Idiacanthus antrostomus)
besides; furthermore; moreover
victory after victory
(never) again
bye; see you later
(once) again
borrowing something already borrowed
copying again
Matashirō shaku (approx. 30.26 cm)
grandniece
secondary retainer