Hanja Analyzer
右

右 — u

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
오를/오른(쪽) 우
Romanization
u
English
right; west; right-wing
Mandarin
yòu
Japanese on'yomi
ウ, ユウ
Japanese kun'yomi
みぎ
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 1
Newspaper frequency
#602 of 2,500
Strokes
5
Radical
口 (30, 2 residual)
Unicode
U+53F3

How 右 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 右 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 又, 口.

Korean example words with 右

  • 우열右列 Korean gloss: 오른쪽의 대열
  • 우뇌右腦 Korean gloss: 뇌의 우측 부분
  • 우수右手 Korean gloss: 오른쪽에 있는 손
  • 우완右腕 Korean gloss: 오른쪽에 달린 팔
  • 우안右岸 Korean gloss: 강이나 바다 따위의 오른쪽 기슭
  • 우전右前 Korean gloss: 야구에서, 우익수의 앞을 이르는 말
  • 우방右方 Korean gloss: 북쪽을 향하였을 때의 동쪽과 같은 쪽
  • 우측右側 Korean gloss: 북쪽을 향하였을 때의 동쪽과 같은 쪽
  • 우편右便 Korean gloss: 북쪽을 향하였을 때의 동쪽과 같은 쪽
  • 우술右述 Korean gloss: 본문의 오른쪽에 서술함. 또는 그런 내용
  • 우현右舷 Korean gloss: 고물에서 뱃머리를 향하여 오른쪽에 있는 뱃전
  • 우궁右弓 Korean gloss: 시위를 오른손으로 당겨 쏘는 활. 또는 그런 방법

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 右

  • 右みぎ right; right-hand side; right hand
  • 右翼うよく right wing; right wing (of a bird or aircraft); right wing (of an army, building, etc.)
  • 左右さゆう left and right; right and left; (asserting) control
  • 右派うは right wing
  • 右手みぎて right hand; right-hand side; right-hand direction
  • 極右きょくう far right (in politics); extreme right; ultraright
  • 右中間うちゅうかん between right and center fielders (centre)
  • 右腕みぎうで right arm; right-hand man; right hand
  • 右側みぎがわ right side; right-hand side
  • 右岸うがん right bank (of a river)
  • 右端みぎはし right end; right edge
  • 右辺うへん right side (of an equation, expression, etc.); RHS; right side (go, chess, othello board)

Other hanja read “우”

Other hanja with radical 口

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