左
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Etymology [edit]
左 is a combined form of 工, meaning work, and two other strokes that signify hand (compare 又). The left hand works together with the right hand when doing a task.
Han character [edit]
左 (radical 48 工+2, 5 strokes, cangjie input 大一 (KM), four-corner 40011)
Descendants [edit]
References [edit]
- KangXi: page 325, character 8
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8720
- Dae Jaweon: page 626, character 7
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 411, character 5
- Unihan data for U+5DE6
- http://www.kanjinetworks.com/eng/kanji-dictionary/online-kanji-etymology-dictionary.cfm
Cantonese [edit]
Hanzi [edit]
左 (Yale jo2)
Japanese [edit]
Etymology 1 [edit]
/hidari/: *[pidari] > [ɸidari] > [çidari].
Noun [edit]
左 (hiragana ひだり, romaji hidari)
- (direction) left, the side of the left hand
- 1603–1604: Nippo Jisho (page 229)
- Fidari. ヒダリ (左) 左手, または, 左の方
- 1603–1604: Nippo Jisho (page 229)
- (politics) a leftist
Antonyms [edit]
- (left): 右 (migi); right
Etymology 2 [edit]
Kanji [edit]
Readings [edit]
Compounds [edit]
- 左遷 (sasen)
- 左官 (sakan)
- 左派 (saha)
- 左右 (sayū)
- 左翼 (sayoku)
- 左側 (hidarigawa)
- 左利き (hidarikiki)
- 左手 (hidarite)
- 左巻き (hidarimaki)
References [edit]
- 1980 May 18 [1603–1604], Tadao Doi, Hōyaku Nippo Jisho (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, ISBN 4-0008-0021-3:
Korean [edit]
Hanja [edit]
左
Eumhun:
- Sound (hangeul): 좌 (revised: jwa, McCune-Reischauer: chwa)
- Name (hangeul): 左()
Mandarin [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
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Hanzi [edit]
左 (pinyin zuǒ (zuo3), Wade-Giles tso3)
Compounds [edit]
- 左榜右臂
- 左边, 左边儿
- 左不过
- 左侧
- 左道旁门
- 左顾右盼
- 左近
- 左邻右舍
- 左轮
- 左面
- 左派
- 左撇子
- 左倾
- 左手
- 左首, 左首儿
- 左舷
- 左翼
- 左右
- 左…右…
- 左右逢源
- 左右开弓
- 左右手
- 左右为难
- 左证
- 左支右绌