右

See also: 石 and 磊

右 U+53F3, 右 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53F3 ← 史 [U+53F2] CJK Unified Ideographs 叴 → [U+53F4]

Translingual

Stroke order

Japanese stroke order

Han character

右 (radical 30, 口+2, 5 strokes, cangjie input 大口 (KR), four-corner 4060₀, composition ⿸𠂇口)

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

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		右

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 右
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (又) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
絠	*kɯːʔ
醢	*qʰɯːʔ
珛	*qʰʷɯs
栯	*ɢʷɯʔ, *qʷɯ
有	*ɢʷɯʔ
友	*ɢʷɯʔ
右	*ɢʷɯʔ, *ɢʷɯs
宥	*ɢʷɯs
囿	*ɢʷɯs, *ɡʷɯ
侑	*ɢʷɯs
酭	*ɢʷɯs
姷	*ɢʷɯs
又	*ɢʷɯs
佑	*ɢʷɯs
祐	*ɢʷɯs
賄	*qʰʷɯːʔ
蛕	*qʰʷɯːʔ, *ɡʷɯː
烠	*ɡʷɯː
倄	*ɢraːw, *ɢʷɯːʔ
鮪	*ɢʷɯʔ
洧	*ɢʷɯʔ
痏	*ɢʷɯʔ
郁	*qʷɯ
戫	*qʷɯ
哊	*ɡʷɯ

Originally 又 (OC *ɢʷɯs, “right hand”) in the oracle bone script.

In bronze inscriptions, a 口 (“mouth; speech”) component was added, perhaps with the intention of indicating the use of 又 (OC *ɢʷɯs, “again”) is a phonetic loan. In other words, the current form is a phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɢʷɯʔ, *ɢʷɯs): phonetic 又 (OC *ɢʷɯs) + semantic 口.

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-(j/r)a (“right (hand)”).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yòu (you⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yu
• Min Dong (BUC): iêu
• Min Nan (POJ): iū
• Wu (Wiktionary): hhieu (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˋ
    • Wade–Giles: yu⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yow
    • IPA ^(key): /i̯oʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jau⁶
    • Yale: yauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yu
    • Hakka Romanization System: iu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yiu⁴
    • IPA: /i̯u⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yu
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)iu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yiu⁴
    • IPA: /(j)i̯u⁵⁵/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: iêu
    • IPA ^(key): /iɛu²⁴²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iū
    • Tâi-lô: iū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iu²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iu⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iu²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iu³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iu³³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: hhieu (T3)
    • IPA ^(key): /ɦiɜ²³/

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• Middle Chinese: /ɦɨu^X/▼

Rime
Character	右
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	云 (35)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	云久切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦɨuX/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦiuX/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣiəuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦuwX/
Li Rong	/ɣiuX/
Wang Li	/ɣĭəuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯ə̯uX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yǒu

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ]ʷəʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷɯʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	右
Reading #	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yòu
Middle Chinese	‹ hjuwX ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɢ]ʷəʔ/
English	right hand
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	右
Reading #	1/2
No.	15597
Phonetic component	又
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	有
Old Chinese	/*ɢʷɯʔ/

Definitions

右

1. right (direction)

   右手  ―  yòushǒu  ―  right hand

2. west; areas to the west
3. (historical) right side as the side of precedence
4. (politics) right-wing
5. A surname​.

Antonyms

• 左 (zuǒ, “left”)

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yòu (you⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˋ
    • Wade–Giles: yu⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yow
    • IPA ^(key): /i̯oʊ̯⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /ɦɨu^H/▼

Rime
Character	右
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	云 (35)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	于救切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦɨuH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦiuH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣiəuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦuwH/
Li Rong	/ɣiuH/
Wang Li	/ɣĭəuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯ə̯uH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yòu

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ]ʷəʔ-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷɯs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	右
Reading #	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yòu
Middle Chinese	‹ hjuwH ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɢ]ʷəʔ-s/ (~ *m-qʷəʔ)
English	right hand
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	右
Reading #	2/2
No.	15604
Phonetic component	又
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	宥
Old Chinese	/*ɢʷɯs/

Definitions

右

1. Original form of 佑 (yòu).
2. Original form of 祐 (yòu).
3. to take sb's side
4. Alternative form of 侑 (yòu).

Compounds

• 不左不右
• 反右運動／反右运动
• 右丞
• 右側／右侧 (yòucè)
• 右側通行／右侧通行
• 右傾／右倾 (yòuqīng)
• 右列
• 右利
• 右史
• 右地
• 右姓
• 右學／右学
• 右師／右师
• 右廣／右广
• 右心室 (yòuxīnshì)
• 右心房 (yòuxīnfáng)
• 右戚
• 右手 (yòushǒu)
• 右文
• 右方
• 右族
• 右武
• 右派 (yòupài)

• 右相
• 右端
• 右翼 (yòuyì)
• 右翼分子 (yòuyì fènzǐ)
• 右職／右职
• 右行
• 右軍／右军 (yòujūn)
• 右輔／右辅
• 右轉／右转 (yòuzhuǎn)
• 右邊／右边 (yòubiān)
• 如左右手
• 左來右去／左来右去
• 左右 (zuǒyòu)
• 左右兩難／左右两难
• 左右前後／左右前后
• 左右夾攻／左右夹攻
• 左右手 (zuǒyòushǒu)
• 左右支絀／左右支绌
• 左右為難／左右为难
• 左右翼
• 左右袒
• 左右逢源
• 左右開弓／左右开弓

• 左圖右史／左图右史 (zuǒtúyòushǐ)
• 左宜右有
• 左思右想 (zuǒsīyòuxiǎng)
• 左挈右提
• 左提右挈
• 左擁右抱／左拥右抱 (zuǒyōngyòubào)
• 左支右吾
• 左支右絀／左支右绌
• 左縈右拂／左萦右拂
• 左衝右突／左冲右突 (zuǒchōngyòutū)
• 左輔右弼／左辅右弼
• 左遮右攩
• 左鄰右舍／左邻右舍 (zuǒlín-yòushè)
• 左顧右盼／左顾右盼
• 座右銘／座右铭 (zuòyòumíng)
• 江右 (Jiāngyòu)
• 河右
• 無出其右／无出其右
• 男左女右
• 硯右／砚右
• 豪右
• 車右／车右
• 鄰右／邻右

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Japanese

Kanji

右

(grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• Goon: う (u, Jōyō)
• Kan’on: ゆう (yū, Jōyō)
• Kun: みぎ (migi, 右, Jōyō)

Kanji in this term
右
みぎ Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Noun

右 (hiragana みぎ, rōmaji migi)

1. (direction) the right
   • 1999 July 22, “封ふう印いんされし者ものの右みぎ足あし [Right Leg of the Sealed One]”, in Vol.4 (in Japanese), Konami:

     封 (ふう)印 (いん)された右 (みぎ)足 (あし)。封 (ふう)印 (いん)を解 (と)くと、無 (む)限 (げん)の力 (ちから)を得 (え)られる。

     Fūinsareta migiashi. Fūin o toku to, mugen no chikara o erareru.

     A sealed right leg. Whosoever breaks the seal shall earn infinite power.

2. above statement; foregoing
3. (politics) the right wing; a rightist

Antonyms

• (right): 左 (ひだり) (hidari, “left”)

Derived terms

• 右 (みぎ)側 (がわ) (migigawa)
• 右 (みぎ)利 (き)き (migikiki)
• 右 (みぎ)手 (て) (migite)
• 右 (みぎ)左 (ひだり) (migihidari)
• 右 (みぎ)上 (うえ) (migiue)
• 右 (みぎ)下 (した) (migishita)
• 右 (みぎ)に同 (おな)じ (migi ni onaji, “ditto”)

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Korean

Hanja

右 • (u)

• Eumhun:
  • Sound (hangeul): 우 (McCune–Reischauer: u)
  • Name (hangeul): 오른쪽

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Vietnamese

Han character

右 (hữu)

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