右

See also: 石 and 磊

Translingual

Stroke order

Japanese stroke order

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.

Han character

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

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

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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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		右

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yòu (you⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁶
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): yù
• Min Nan (POJ): iū

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: yòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˋ
    • Wade-Giles: yu⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yow
    • IPA ^(key): /i̯oʊ̯⁵¹/

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jau⁶
    • Yale: yauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯²²/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yù
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yiu4
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iū
    • Tâi-lô: iū
    • IPA (Taipei): /iu³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iu²²/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (右, reconstructed)
Character (右), Pronunciation 1/2
Initial: 云 (35) Final: 尤 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Rising (X)			Fanqie: 云久切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ɦɨuX/	/i̯ə̯uX/	/ɣiuX/	/ɦiuX/	/ɦuwX/	/ɣĭəuX/	/ɣiəuX/
Character (右), Pronunciation 2/2
Initial: 云 (35) Final: 尤 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Departing (H)			Fanqie: 于救切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ɦɨuH/	/i̯ə̯uH/	/ɣiuH/	/ɦiuH/	/ɦuwH/	/ɣĭəuH/	/ɣiəuH/

Old Chinese pronunciation (右, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
右								yòu								‹ hjuwX ›								/*[ɢ]ʷəʔ/								right hand
右								yòu								‹ hjuwH ›								/*[ɢ]ʷəʔ-s (~ *m-qʷəʔ)/								right hand
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
右					15597					又					之					0					有					/*ɢʷɯʔ/
右					15604					又					之					0					宥					/*ɢʷɯs/

Noun

右 (traditional and simplified)

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

References

• (Mandarin) Guoyu Cidian (國語辭典)
• (Hakka) Academia Sinica - Hakka-English Dictionary
• (Hakka) Lau, Chun-fat. Hakka Pinyin Dictionary (Chinese). Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press, 1997 (Chinese IME supplement) ISBN 962-201-750-9.

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Japanese

Kanji

右

(grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• Goon: う (u)
• Kan’on: ゆう (yū)
• Kun: みぎ (migi)

Kanji in this term

右

みぎ Grade: 1

kun'yomi

Noun

右 (hiragana みぎ, romaji migi)

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

Antonyms

• (right): 左 (ひだり, hidari); left

Derived terms

• 右側 (migigawa)
• 右利き (migikiki)
• 右手 (migite)
• 右左 (migihidari)
• 右上 (migiue)
• 右下 (migishita)
• 右に同じ (みぎにおなじ, migi ni onaji); ditto, same for me

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Korean

Hanja

右 (u)
Eumhun:

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

• Name (hangeul): 오른쪽()

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Vietnamese

Han character

右 (hữu)

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