In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 91 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.

又 is also the 24th indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.

The radical character 又's ancient form is a pictogram of a right hand from which the modern Chinese character 右 (right) was derived.

Though 又 (again) as a modern Chinese character no longer represents the meaning of "right", the implication of "hand" is preserved in some Chinese characters fall under radical 29.

As an independent sinogram it is a Jōyō kanji, or a kanji used in writing the Japanese language.