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左

左 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. ひだり、ひだりの、ひだりに置く。
  2. くだす
  3. たすける

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

原字は「𠂇」（左手を象る象形文字）で、羨符（意味を持たない装飾的な筆画）の「工」を加えて「左」の字体となる。「ひだり」を意味する漢語｛左｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

left

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • サElem.
  • シャ
Kun (native)
  • ひだりElem.
Nanori (used in names)
  • そ
Other languages
  • 拼音zuo3
  • 한글jwa
  • Hán-ViệtTả
  • Hán-ViệtTá

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
5 strokes
Radical
己(おのれ)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 4
Unicode
U+5DE6

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): enclosure ⿸𠂇工

Words using this kanji

  • 左ひだり人が東を向いたときに北にあたる側。詳細は「ひだり」を参照。left, left-hand side, left hand, the left (wing)
  • 左翼さよく左右に広がりを持つもののうち、左の側の部分。 野球場などで、攻撃側から見て。左翼手の守備位置。レフト。 革新的・国際的な政治的。left wing, left wing (of a bird or aircraft), left wing (of an army, building, etc.), left flank
  • 左右さゆう(さゆう, さう, そう, ひだりみぎ) と。 (さゆう, さう, そう, ひだりみぎ) 両側。 (さゆう, さう, そう, もとこ)。left and right, right and left, (asserting) control, influence
  • 左派さは組織内、特に政党の内部で革新的又は急進的な一派。急進派、革新派、左翼。left wing
  • 左腕ひだりうで左の腕。 左手投げの投手。left arm, left-handed (baseball pitcher)
  • 左前ひだりまえwearing a kimono with the right side over the left (normally used only for the dead), downturn, recession, economic adversity
  • 左手ひだりて「ひだりて」を参照。left hand, left-hand side, left-hand direction, (on) the left
  • 左側ひだりがわ左の側。left side, left-hand side
  • 左記さき文書の左の方に記してある部分。縦書きの文書の場合、次行以降に記してある部分で、新たに示される部分。 守覚法親王が著したとされる故実書。undermentioned (statement), the following, at left
  • 左利きひだりきき「ひだりきき」を参照。left-handedness, left-handed person, left-hander, fondness for alcohol
  • 左遷させん高い官職や地位にあった者を低いものに遷すこと。demotion, relegation, reduction in rank, degradation
  • 左折させつ進行方向に向かって左へ曲がること。turning to the left, left turn
  • 左上ひだりうえupper left
  • 左足ひだりあし左の足。left foot, left leg
  • 左様ならさようならfarewell, adieu, goodbye, so long
  • 左岸さがん河川を上流から下流に向かって眺めて左側。left bank (of a river)
  • 左辺さへん左の隅、左端。 （数学）等号又は不等号の左にある数値又は数式。left side (of an equation, expression, etc.), LHS, left side (go, chess, othello board)
  • 左官さかん壁を塗る職人。 壁を塗る作業。plasterer
  • 左舷さげん船舶の後ろから前に向かって左側のふなべり。port (left side of vessel)
  • 左四つひだりよつhold in which both wrestlers obtain an underarm grip with the left hand and an over-arm grip with the right

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Lookup codes

SKIP
3-2-3
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4001.1
Spahn–Hadamitzky
0a5.20
Heisig
81
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1455