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左
JLPT N5 SL1 5 strokes Frequency: #630

Meanings

Left

Radicals

工

Decomposition

⿸?工

Etymology

Pictographic: A left hand; compare 又

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 5

Stroke Order

1 horizontal bottom-to-top
2 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left
3 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left
4 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left
5 horizontal bottom-to-top
On'yomi (Chinese reading)
サ sa
シャ sha
Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
ひだり hidari

Words Using This Kanji

150 words total
Other (20 words)
左回り ひだりまわり

counterclockwise rotation

左傾 さけい

leaning to the left

左遷 させん

demotion

左端 ひだりはし

left end

左目 ひだりめ

left eye

最左 さいさ

left-most

前後左右 ぜんごさゆう

in all directions

土左衛門 どざえもん

drowned body of a person

左側 ひだりがわ

left side

左利き ひだりきき

left-handedness

左に曲がる ひだりにまがる

to turn left

左に折れる ひだりにおれる

to turn to the left

左腕 さわん

left arm

左腕投手 さわんとうしゅ

left-handed baseball pitcher

証左 しょうさ

evidence

左辺 さへん

left side (of an equation, expression, etc.)

最左翼 さいさよく

ultra-left

新左翼 しんさよく

the new left (school of thought)

右左 みぎひだり

right and left

左 ひだり

left

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