Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 1
JLPT level: N5
630 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke count: 5
Meaning: left
Kunyomi: ひだり
Onyomi: サ シャ
Composition: 工
Radical: 工
Reading: たくみ
Meaning: work
Strokes: 3
左右する(さゆうする) influence, control, command
左派(さは) (political) left wing
左(ひだり) left
左側(ひだりがわ) left side
左向き(ひだりむき) left facing
左 (サ) left (esp. in vertical Japanese writing), the following
左右 (サユウ) left and right, right and left, (asserting) control, influence, domination, one's attendants, people accompanying one, (serving at someone's) side, equivocation
極左 (キョクサ) extreme left, ultraleft
最左 (サイサ) left-most
左官 (サカン) plasterer
左 (ひだり) left, left hand side
左腕 (さわん) left arm, left-handed (baseball pitcher)
向かって左 (むかってひだり) on the left as one faces (it)
同左 (どうひだり) same as on the left, (in vertical writing) same as below
Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 1
JLPT level: N5
630 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke count: 5
Meaning: left
Kunyomi: ひだり
Onyomi: サ シャ
Composition: 工
Radical: 工
Reading: たくみ
Meaning: work
Strokes: 3
左右する(さゆうする) influence, control, command
左派(さは) (political) left wing
左(ひだり) left
左側(ひだりがわ) left side
左向き(ひだりむき) left facing
左 (サ) left (esp. in vertical Japanese writing), the following
左右 (サユウ) left and right, right and left, (asserting) control, influence, domination, one's attendants, people accompanying one, (serving at someone's) side, equivocation
極左 (キョクサ) extreme left, ultraleft
最左 (サイサ) left-most
左官 (サカン) plasterer
左 (ひだり) left, left hand side
左腕 (さわん) left arm, left-handed (baseball pitcher)
向かって左 (むかってひだり) on the left as one faces (it)
同左 (どうひだり) same as on the left, (in vertical writing) same as below