左
左 — jwa
Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).
- Korean reading
- 왼 좌
- Romanization
- jwa
- English
- left; east; unorthodox, improper
- Mandarin
- zuǒ
- Japanese on'yomi
- サ
- Japanese kun'yomi
- ひだり
- Japanese usage
- Jōyō kanji
- School grade
- Grade 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #630 of 2,500
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 工 (48, 2 residual)
- Unicode
- U+5DE6
How 左 was formed
Traditional analysis treats 左 as a ideographic compound involving 𠂇, 工.
Korean example words with 左
- 좌수左手 Korean gloss: 왼쪽 손
- 좌열左列 Korean gloss: 왼쪽의 대열
- 좌파左派 Korean gloss: 좌익의 당파
- 좌뇌左腦 Korean gloss: 뇌의 좌측 부분
- 증좌證左 Korean gloss: 참고가 될 만한 증거(證據)
- 좌안左岸 Korean gloss: 강이나 바다 따위의 왼쪽 기슭
- 좌전左前 Korean gloss: 야구에서, 좌익수의 앞을 이르는 말
- 좌군左軍 Korean gloss: 왼쪽에 있는 부대. 또는 대열의 왼쪽
- 좌측左側 Korean gloss: 북쪽을 향하였을 때의 서쪽과 같은 쪽
- 좌편左便 Korean gloss: 북쪽을 향하였을 때의 서쪽과 같은 쪽
- 좌현左舷 Korean gloss: 고물에서 뱃머리를 향하여 왼쪽에 있는 뱃전
- 좌궁左弓 Korean gloss: 시위를 왼손으로 당겨 쏘는 활. 또는 그런 방법
Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)
Japanese words with 左
- 左ひだり left; left-hand side; left hand
- 向かって左むかってひだり on the left as one faces (it)
- 左翼さよく left wing; left wing (of a bird or aircraft); left wing (of an army, building, etc.)
- 左右さゆう left and right; right and left; (asserting) control
- 左派さは left wing
- 左腕ひだりうで left arm; left-handed (baseball pitcher)
- 左前ひだりまえ wearing a kimono with the right side over the left (normally used only for the dead); downturn; recession
- 左手ひだりて left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction
- 左側ひだりがわ left side; left-hand side
- 左記さき undermentioned (statement); the following; at left
- 左岸さがん left bank (of a river)
- 左辺さへん left side (of an equation, expression, etc.); LHS; left side (go, chess, othello board)
Other hanja read “좌”
Other hanja with radical 工
Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences