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[edit] Translingual

[edit] Etymology

左 is a combined form of 工, meaning work, and two other strokes that signify hand (compare ). The left hand works together with the right hand when doing a task.

[edit] Han character

(radical 48 +2, 5 strokes, cangjie input 大一 (KM), four-corner 40011)

  1. left
  2. east
  3. unorthodox, improper

[edit] Descendants

[edit] References

  • 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

[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

(Yale jo2)


[edit] Japanese

[edit] Etymology 1

/hidari/: *[pidari] > [ɸidari] > [çidari].

[edit] Noun

(hiragana ひだり, romaji hidari)

  1. (direction) left, the side of the left hand
    Fidari. ヒダリ (左) 左手, または, 左の方
  2. (politics) a leftist
[edit] Antonyms
  • (left): (migi); right

[edit] Etymology 2

[edit] Kanji

[edit] Readings
[edit] Compounds

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja


Eumhun:

  • Sound (hangeul):  (revised: jwa, McCune-Reischauer: chwa)
  • Name (hangeul): ()

[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Hanzi

(pinyin zuǒ (zuo3), Wade-Giles tso3)

[edit] Compounds


[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

(tả, )