Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 1

JLPT level: N5

602 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 5

Meaning: right

Kunyomi: みぎ

Onyomi: ユウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: くち

Meaning: mouth, opening

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

折する(うせつする)   turn to the right

派(うは)   (political) right wing

する(さゆうする)   influence, control, command

(みぎ)   right

手(みぎて)   right hand, right side

側(みぎがわ)   right side

Onyomi Examples

中間 ウチュウカン between right and center fielders (centre)

ミギガワ right side, right-hand side

キョクウ far right (in politics), extreme right, ultraconservative

サイウ right-most, rightmost

ユウヒツ private secretary, amanuensis

ユウブン respect for literary culture

上下左 ジョウゲサユウ up and down, left and right, top and bottom, left and right

Kunyomi Examples

みぎ right, right-hand side, afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing), foregoing, forgoing, above

みぎうで right arm, right-hand man, right hand, right-hand person, right-handed pitcher

うえみぎ upper right (corner)

したみぎ lower right (corner)