| 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 |
目
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N4
76 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 目 【モク】 order, item (of a budget revision, etc.), counter for go pieces, counter for surrounded positions
- 目撃 【モクゲキ】 witnessing, observing, sighting
- 着目 【チャクモク】 attention, giving one's attention, focusing
- 細目 【サイモク】 particulars, details, specified items
- 耳目 【ジモク】 eyes and ears, seeing and hearing, one's attention, one's interest
- 不面目 【フメンボク】 shame, disgrace
Kun reading compounds
- 目 【め】 eye, eyeball, eyesight, sight, vision, look, stare, gaze, glance, notice, attention, observation, eyes (of the world, public, etc.), an experience, viewpoint, discrimination, discernment, judgement, eye (e.g. for quality), (an) appearance, chance (of success), possibility (of a good result), spacing (between crossed strands of a net, mesh, etc.), opening, stitch, texture, weave, grain (of wood, paper), eye (of a storm, needle, etc.), intersection (on a go board), square (on a chessboard), dot (on a dice), pip, rolled number, graduation, division (of a scale), tooth (of a saw, comb, etc.), ordinal number suffix, somewhat, -ish, point (e.g. of change)
- 目当て 【めあて】 mark, guide, landmark, purpose, aim, goal, intention, end, sight (on a firearm)
- 蛇の目 【じゃのめ】 bull's-eye (pattern), double ring (pattern), umbrella with bull's-eye pattern
- 負い目 【おいめ】 (feeling of) indebtedness, feeling obliged
Readings
- Japanese names:
- さかん、 さがん、 さっか、 さつか
- Korean:
- mog
Spanish
- ojo
- mirada
- percepción
Portuguese
- olho
- classe
- olhar
- visão
- experiência
- atenção
- favor
French
- oeil
- regard
- aperçu
- numérateur ordinal
- expérience
- classe
- faveur
- pièce (Go)
| 25 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 30 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 72 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 65 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3127 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 22 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 75 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 191 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 3.11 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 55 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 55 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 168 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1376 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3777 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1927 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2619 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 15 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 23105 | Morohashi |
| 3043 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3906 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 15 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 15 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 91 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 48 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3979 | 2001 Kanji |
| 5c0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-3-2 | SKIP code |
| 4-5-1 | SKIP code |
| 6010.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-44-60 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 76ee | Unicode hex code |