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 3
JLPT level N2
556 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 岸壁 【ガンペキ】 quay, wharf, jetty, wall-like shoreline, cliff wall
- 岸頭 【ガントウ】 shore, wharf
- 護岸 【ゴガン】 river dike
- 対岸 【タイガン】 opposite shore
Kun reading compounds
- 岸 【きし】 bank, coast, shore
- 岸辺 【きしべ】 shore, bank (of a body of water)
- 片岸 【かたぎし】 one bank (of a river)
- 彼の岸 【かのきし】 nirvana
Readings
- Japanese names:
- けし
- Korean:
- an
Spanish
- playa
- costa
- orilla
Portuguese
- Praia
French
- côte
- rive
- plage
177 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
267 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
248 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
847 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1413 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
687 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
488 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
941 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
586 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
595 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
456 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
539 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2777 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1424 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1920 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1668 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
8009 | Morohashi |
2236 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1459 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1653 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1782 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
294 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1255 | 2001 Kanji |
3o5.11 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-3-5 | SKIP code |
2224.1 | Four corner code |
1-20-63 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5cb8 | Unicode hex code |