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[edit] Translingual

[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Han character

(radical 30 +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

[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

(Yale yau6)


[edit] Japanese

[edit] Kanji

(grade 1 kanji)

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[edit] Noun

(hiragana みぎ, romaji migi)

  1. (direction) the right
    見られない
    わたしみぎみえない
    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

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[edit] See also


[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja


Eumhun:

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

[edit] Mandarin

simpl. and trad.

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[edit] Hanzi

(pinyin yòu (you4), Wade-Giles yu4)

[edit] Noun

(traditional and simplified, Pinyin yòu)

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

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[edit] Han character

(hữu)