左

common

サ/SA/    シャ/SHA/    ひだり/hidari/SA/サ/    SHA/シャ/    hidari/ひだり/

left

Radical: 工 (work).   Strokes: 5画.   Elements: ノ一工.   Pinyin: zuǒ.   Hangul: 좌 [jwa].   Nanori: そso.

Jōyō Kanji 1st Grade.   JLPT N5.

Example compounds:
サSA左折【させつsasetsu】turning to the left; left turn
右往左往【うおうさおうuōsaō】move about in confusion; go every which way; going right and left; this way and that
左方【さほうsahō】left side
ひだりhidari右左【みぎひだりmigihidari】right and left
左四つ【ひだりよつhidariyotsu】hold in which both wrestlers obtain an underarm grip with the left hand and an over-arm grip with the right
左利き【ひだりききhidarikiki】left-handedness; drinker
Codepoints and classification codes:
5de6–Unicode
26-24–JIS X 0208
3-2-3–SKIP
0a5.20–TKD
4001.1–Four Corner
1472–De Roo
Dictionary indices:
1455–Classic Nelson
1535–The New Nelson Character Dictionary by A. Nelson
2974–New Japanese-English Character Dictionary by J. Halpern
1887–Kanji Learner's Dictionary by J. Halpern
77–Remembering the Kanji by J. Heisig
477–A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage (Gakken)
169–Japanese Names by P.G. O'Neill
87–Essential Kanji by P.G. O'Neill
8720–Daikanwajiten 「大漢和辞典」 by T. Morohashi vol. 4 p. 345
22–A Guide to Remembering Japanese Characters by K.G. Henshall
75–Kanji & Kana by Spahn and Hadamitzky
18–Guide to Reading & Writing Japanese (H) by F. Sakade
50–Kanji Flashcards by M. Hodges and T. Okazaki
21–Guide to Reading & Writing Japanese: Third Edition 3rd edition by Henshall
39–Tuttle Kanji Cards by A. Kask
374–The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power by D. Crowley
36–Kanji in Context by Nishiguchi and Kono
3.12–Japanese for Busy People by the AJLT
552–Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
77–Y. Maniette's French adaptation of Heisig
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