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
左記 (サキ) undermentioned (statement), the following, at left
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, left hand, the left (wing), leftist, fondness for alcohol, drinker
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