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The Kanji Map

Kanji

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

左

Radical

Radical: 工

Reading: たくみ

Meaning: work

Strokes: 3

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Examples

Examples with audio

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

Onyomi Examples

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

Kunyomi Examples

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

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