| 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 1
JLPT level N5
602 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 右中間 【ウチュウカン】 between right and center fielders (centre)
- 右側 【ミギガワ】 right side, right-hand side
- 極右 【キョクウ】 far right (in politics), extreme right, ultraconservative
- 最右 【サイウ】 right-most, rightmost
- 右筆 【ユウヒツ】 private secretary, amanuensis
- 右文 【ユウブン】 respect for literary culture
- 上下左右 【ジョウゲサユウ】 up and down, left and right, top and bottom, left and right
Kun reading compounds
- 右 【みぎ】 right, right-hand side, right hand, the above (in a piece of vertical writing), above-mentioned, the right (wing), rightist
- 右腕 【みぎうで】 right arm, right-hand man, right hand, right-hand person, right-handed pitcher
- 上右 【うえみぎ】 upper right (corner)
- 下右 【したみぎ】 lower right (corner)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- あき、 すけ
- Korean:
- u
Spanish
- derecha
Portuguese
- Direita
French
- droite
| 19 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 22 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 2 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 503 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 878 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 88 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 33 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 171 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 3.12 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 76 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 76 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 35 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 277 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3693 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1888 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2568 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 78 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 3250 | Morohashi |
| 2975 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 700 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 78 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 82 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 384 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 38 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1477 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3d2.15 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-2-3 | SKIP code |
| 4060.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-17-06 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 53f3 | Unicode hex code |