又

It is a pictograph representing the right hand.

Originally, it meant “right,” “to have,” “to help,” or “to urge.”

Later, it was also used phonetically to mean “again” or “also.”

By adding other components:

Adding 口 (mouth) creates 右 (right).

Adding 肉 (meat) creates 有 (to have).

又 is a typical hand-shaped pictograph and appears as a base component in several radicals related to the hand. For example:

The ⺕ shape used in 聿 and 尹 also derives from the hand shape.

攴 and 殳 depict a hand (又) holding a weapon.

廾 depicts two hands holding something up.

寸 represents the distance from the wrist.

爪 shows fingernails pointing downward.

手 represents the palm facing forward.

In Simplified Chinese, complicated parts are often replaced with 又. Examples include:

對 (duì) simplified to 对,

歡 (huān) simplified to 欢,

權 (quán) simplified to 权