| 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 N3
480 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 横線 【オウセン】 horizontal line
- 横行 【オウコウ】 being rampant, being widespread, being prevalent, walking sideways, staggering, striding
- 縦横 【ジュウオウ】 length and width, length and breadth, lengthwise and crosswise, vertical and horizontal, the four cardinal points, every direction, all directions, as one wishes, as one pleases, at will
- 専横 【センオウ】 arbitrariness, despotism, high-handedness, tyranny
Kun reading compounds
- 横 【よこ】 horizontal (as opposed to vertical), lying down, side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back), width, breadth, side (of a box, etc.), beside, aside, next to, unconnected
- 邪 【よこしま】 wicked, evil, wrong, bad
- 真横 【まよこ】 (right at the) side, just beside
- 縦中横 【たてちゅうよこ】 using horizontal characters in vertical writing
Readings
- Korean:
- hoeng
Spanish
- lateral
- lado
- horizontal
- egoísta
- incorrecto
- costado
Portuguese
- De lado
- lado
- horizontal
- largura
- trama (tecidos)
French
- latéral
- côté
- horizontal
- largeur
- trame (tissu)
| 355 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 255 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 235 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 297 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2361 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 470 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 644 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2301 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 781 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 795 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 34 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1111 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1350 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 733 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 979 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1767 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 15484P | Morohashi |
| 1066 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2854 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1751 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1888 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 432 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1861 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4a11.13 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-4-11 | SKIP code |
| 4498.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-18-03 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6a2a | Unicode hex code |