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)

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
• http://www.kanjinetworks.com/eng/kanji-dictionary/online-kanji-etymology-dictionary.cfm

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Cantonese

Hanzi

右 (Yale yau6)

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Japanese

Kanji

右 (grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: う (u), ゆう (yū)
• Kun: みぎ (migi)

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

See also

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

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Korean

Hanja

右
Eumhun:

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

• Name (hangeul): 오른쪽()

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Mandarin

simpl. and trad.

右

Pronunciation

• audio

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Hanzi

右 (pinyin yòu (you4), Wade-Giles yu⁴)

Noun

右 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin yòu)

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

External links

• Guoyu Cidian (國語辭典)

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Vietnamese

Han character

右 (hữu)