エキ, ヤク, また

also, again

JLPT1 G13 S0 F5000

The relevant oracle bone form of this character is stand outstretched + two marks indicating the two sides of the body → slender line of people standing outstretched → *also*; *again* (← one person after another); *armpit* (← sides of the body). Compare and .

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