左
Readings
Kana:
サ、シャ、ひだり
Romaji:
sa, sha, hidari
Name Reading
Kana:
そ
Romaji:
so
Meaning
left
Stroke Diagram
Kanji Info
Stroke Count:
5
Radical Number:
48
Frequency:
630
Grade:
1
Skip Pattern:
3-2-3
Korean Reading:
jwa
Chinese Reading:
zuo3
Unicode:
5de6
JIS:
3A38
Indexes
Halpern Index: 2974
Nelson Index: 1455
New Nelson Index: 1535
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 0a5.20
Four Corner Index: 4001.1
Guide to Remembering Index: 22
Gakken Index: 477
Japanese Names Index: 169
Daikanwanjiten Index: 8720
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 4.0345
Remembering the kanji Index: 77
Busy People Index: 3.12
Kanji Way Index: 374
Kanji Flashcards Index: 50
Kodansha Compact Index: 552
Read Writing Kanji Third Index: 21
Kanji in Context Index: 36
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 1887
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2567
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 77
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 81
Essential Kanji Index: 87
Kodansha Kanji Index: 3692
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 1472
Read Writing the Kanji Index: 18
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 39
Words
左
(ひだり)
left; left hand side
左右
(さゆう、そう、さう)
left and right; influence; control; domination
左翼
(さよく)
left-wing
弓手
(ゆんで)
one's left hand; bow hand
左岸
(さがん)
left bank (of a river)
左
(さ)
left (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); the following
兎角
(とかく)
(doing) various things; (doing) this and that; being apt to; being prone to; tending to become; somehow or other; anyhow; anyway; rabbit horns (used as a metaphor for things that do not exist)
左側
(ひだりがわ、さそく)
left; left (hand) side
左手
(ひだりて)
left hand
左派
(さは)
left wing