左 : Left

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Components:

工

left

On 'yomi:

サ(sa) シャ(sha)

Kun 'yomi:

ひだり(hidari)

Nanori:

そ(so)

Strokes:	5
Radical:	工 (48)
Usage Rating:	630

JLPT:	N5
old JLPT:	4
Grade:	1

Unicode:	05de6
jis208:	26-24

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左 Usage examples

左手(ゆんで)	bow hand
左四つ(ひだりよつ)	hold in which both wrestlers obtain an underarm grip with the left hand and an over-arm grip with the right
左中間(さちゅうかん)	between left and center fielders (centre)
左直(さちょく)	left liner
左の通り(さのとおり)	as following
左派系(さはけい)	left faction
左表(さひょう)	chart at the left
左方(さほう)	left side
左右軸(さゆうじく)	lateral axis
左右に分かれる(さゆうにわかれる)	to part left and right
左翼に走る(さよくにはしる)	to turn leftist
左耳(ひだりみみ)	left ear
左向き(ひだりむき)	facing left
左寄り(ひだりより)	left of center (politically), left-leaning, tending to the left
舞台の左右の袖(ぶたいのさゆうのそで)	wings of a stage
向かって左(むかってひだり)	on the left as one faces (it)
左のような理由(ひだりのようなりゆう)	the reason(s) is (are) as follows
左のような訳(ひだりのようなわけ)	the reason(s) is (are) as follows
左投げ(ひだりなげ)	left-handed pitching
極左団体(きょくさだんたい)	far-left group
左心補助循環装置(さしんほじょじゅんかんそうち)	left ventricular assist device, LVAD
左肩(ひだりかた)	left shoulder
上左(うえひだり)	upper left (corner)
下左(したひだり)	lower left (corner)
上下左右(じょうげさゆう)	up and down (top and bottom), left and right
中道左派(ちゅうどうさは)	left-of-center faction (group)
左右一対(さゆういっつい)	left-and-right pair, symmetrical pair
左右対称(さゆうたいしょう)	bilateral symmetry
左寄せ(ひだりよせ)	left-aligned, left-justified
左払い(ひだりはらい)	in calligraphy, a stroke going from upper right to lower left with a pointed tail
言を左右にする(げんをさゆうにする)	to equivocate, to beat around the bush
平気の平左(へいきのへいざ)	quite unconcerned, nonchalant
左ハンドル(ひだりハンドル)	left hand drive (of cars, etc.)
左袒(さたん)	friendship, allegiance, support
左フック(ひだりフック)	left hook (e.g. in boxing, etc.)