左

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Han character 1.2.1 Descendants 1.2.2 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Etymology 1 3.1.1 Noun 3.1.1.1 Antonyms 3.2 Etymology 2 3.2.1 Kanji 3.2.1.1 Readings 3.2.1.2 Compounds 3.3 References 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 5 Mandarin 5.1 Pronunciation 5.2 Hanzi 5.2.1 Compounds 6 Vietnamese 6.1 Han character

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Etymology

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.

[edit] Han character

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

1. left
2. east
3. unorthodox, improper

[edit] Descendants

• さ

[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

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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

左 (Yale jo2)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Etymology 1

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

[edit] Noun

左 (hiragana ひだり, romaji hidari)

1. (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

2. (politics) a leftist

[edit] Antonyms

• (left): 右 (migi); right

[edit] Etymology 2

[edit] Kanji

左

[edit] Readings

• On: さ (sa)
• Kun: ひだり (hidari), もとる (motoru), たすける (tasukeru)

[edit] Compounds

• 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)

[edit] References

• Doi, Tadao [1603-1604] (1980). Hōyaku Nippo Jisho (in Japanese). Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten. ISBN 4-0008-0021-3.

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

左
Eumhun:

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

• Name (hangeul): 左()

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Hanzi

左 (pinyin zuǒ (zuo3), Wade-Giles tso³)

[edit] Compounds

• 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

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[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

左 (tả, tá)