右

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Han character 1.2.1 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Kanji 3.1.1 Readings 3.2 Noun 3.2.1 Antonyms 3.2.2 See also 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 5 Mandarin 5.1 Pronunciation 5.2 Hanzi 5.3 Noun 5.4 External links 6 Vietnamese 6.1 Han character

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Etymology

右 is from the combination of the phonetic element 又, semantically a protecting right arm, and 口, which here merely signifies an object. The right hand is traditionally the one used in protecting an object while carrying it.

[edit] Han character

右 (radical 30 口+2, 5 strokes, cangjie input 大口 (KR), four-corner 4060₀)

1. right (direction)
2. west
3. right-wing

[edit] References

• KangXi: page 173, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3250
• Dae Jaweon: page 385, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 569, character 1
• Unihan data for U+53F3

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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

右 (Yale yau6)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Kanji

右 (grade 1 kanji)

[edit] Readings

• On: う (u), ゆう (yū)
• Kun: みぎ (migi), たすける (tasukeru)

[edit] Noun

右 (hiragana みぎ, romaji migi)

1. (direction) the right

   私は右の目が見られない。

   わたしはみぎのめがみえない。

   Watashi wa migi no me ga mirarenai.

   I can't see with my right eye.

2. above statement; foregoing
3. (politics) the right wing; a rightist

[edit] Antonyms

• (right): 左 (ひだり, hidari); left

[edit] See also

• 右に同じ (みぎにおなじ, migi ni onaji); ditto, same for me

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

右
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 우 (revised: u, McCune-Reischauer: u)

• Name (hangeul): 오른쪽()

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[edit] Mandarin

simpl. and trad.

右

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Hanzi

右 (pinyin yòu (you4), Wade-Giles yu⁴)

[edit] Noun

右 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin yòu)

1. (Beginning Mandarin) the right side; the right

[edit] External links

• Guoyu Cidian (國語辭典)

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[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

右 (hữu)