| 18 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 21 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 22 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 477 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1455 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 87 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 50 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 169 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 3.12 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 75 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 75 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 36 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 552 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3692 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1887 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2567 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 77 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 8720 | Morohashi |
| 2974 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1535 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 77 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 81 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 374 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 39 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
630 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 左 【サ】 left (esp. in vertical Japanese writing), the following
- 左右 【サユウ】 left and right, right and left, (asserting) control, influence, domination, one's attendants, people accompanying one, (serving at someone's) side, equivocation
- 極左 【キョクサ】 extreme left, ultraleft
- 最左 【サイサ】 left-most
- 左官 【サカン】 plasterer
Kun reading compounds
- 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
Readings
- Japanese names:
- そ
- Korean:
- jwa
Spanish
- izquierda
Portuguese
- Esquerda
French
- gauche
| 1472 | 2001 Kanji |
| 0a5.20 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-2-3 | SKIP code |
| 4001.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-26-24 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5de6 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
203 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 利 【リ】 advantage, benefit, profit, interest
- 利上げ 【リアゲ】 increase in interest rates
- 低利 【テイリ】 low interest rate
- 水利 【スイリ】 utilization of water, water supply, irrigation, water transportation, navigability (e.g. of a river)
Kun reading compounds
- 効く 【きく】 to be effective, to take effect, to be good (for), to work, to function well, to be possible (to do, use, etc.), to be able to, to taste (alcohol), to try
Readings
- Japanese names:
- かが、 と、 とし、 のり、 み、 りい
- Korean:
- ri
Spanish
- ganancia
- ventaja
- beneficio
- ser efectivo
Portuguese
- lucro
- vantagem
- benefício
French
- profit
- avantage
- bénéfice
| 528 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 626 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 596 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 219 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3264 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 200 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 355 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 436 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.19 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 329 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 329 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 248 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 189 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1431 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 757 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1029 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 915 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 1932 | Morohashi |
| 1114 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 466 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 906 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 972 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 180 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 491 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2243 | 2001 Kanji |
| 5d2.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-5-2 | SKIP code |
| 2290.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-45-88 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5229 | Unicode hex code |