Jisho

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5 strokes
Radical:
work
Parts:
left
Kun:
ひだり
On:
シャ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
630 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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:
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zuo3
Korean:
jwa

Spanish

  • izquierda

Portuguese

  • Esquerda

French

  • gauche
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)
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

10 strokes
Radical:
meat 肉 (⺼)
Parts:
bosom, breast, chest, heart, feelings
Kun:
むねむな-
On:
キョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
1144 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 胸部 【キョウブ】 chest, breast
  • 胸中 【キョウチュウ】 one's heart, one's mind, one's intentions
  • 豊胸 【ホウキョウ】 full breasts, ample breasts, breast enlargement
  • 開胸 【カイキョウ】 thoracotomy

Kun reading compounds

  • 胸 【むね】 chest, breast, breasts, bosom, bust, heart, lungs, stomach, heart, mind, feelings
  • 胸赤鶸 【むねあかひわ】 Eurasian linnet (Carduelis cannabina)
  • 両胸 【りょうむね】 both sides of the chest, both breasts
  • 鳩胸 【はとむね】 pigeon chest (deformity of the chest, protruding ribs and sternum), pigeon breast, pectus carinatum, woman with big breasts, iron armor with protruding chest, curved front portion of a stirrup, curve at the base of a shamisen neck

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xiong1
Korean:
hyung

Spanish

  • pecho
  • corazón
  • sentimientos

Portuguese

  • seio
  • peito
  • tórax
  • coração
  • sentimentos

French

  • poitrine
  • seins
  • coeur
  • sentiments
851 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
840 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1085 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3768 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1149 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
846 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1347 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1283 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1357 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1086 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1030 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1187 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
647 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
858 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1504 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
29442 Morohashi
951 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4811 New Nelson (John Haig)
1491 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1604 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
897 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3952 2001 Kanji
4b6.9 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-6 SKIP code
7722.0 Four corner code
1-22-27 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
80f8 Unicode hex code