| 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 2
JLPT level N4
132 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 思春期 【シシュンキ】 puberty, adolescence
- 思考 【シコウ】 thought, consideration, thinking
- 相思 【ソウシ】 mutual affection, mutual love
- 哀思 【アイシ】 sad feeling
Kun reading compounds
- 思う 【おもう】 to think, to consider, to believe, to reckon, to think (of doing), to plan (to do), to judge, to assess, to regard, to imagine, to suppose, to dream, to expect, to look forward to, to feel, to be (in a state of mind), to desire, to want, to recall, to remember
- 思う存分 【おもうぞんぶん】 to one's heart's content, to one's complete satisfaction, as much as one likes, heartily, thoroughly, without restraint, to the full
Readings
- Korean:
- sa
Spanish
- pensar
- considerar
Portuguese
- pensar
French
- penser
| 84 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 147 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 131 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 149 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3001 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 95 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 173 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 966 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.8 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 99 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 99 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 202 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 776 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3173 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1633 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2221 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 612 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 10462 | Morohashi |
| 2564 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1824 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 605 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 651 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 26 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 175 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3658 | 2001 Kanji |
| 5f4.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-5-4 | SKIP code |
| 6033.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-27-55 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 601d | Unicode hex code |