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 6
JLPT level N1
1050 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 訳 【ヤク】 translation, version (e.g. "English version")
- 訳者 【ヤクシャ】 translator
- 点訳 【テンヤク】 translating into Braille
- 名訳 【メイヤク】 excellent translation, fine translation
Kun reading compounds
- 訳 【わけ】 conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard, reason, cause, meaning, circumstances, situation
- 訳がない 【わけがない】 there is no way that ..., easy, simple
- 申し訳 【もうしわけ】 apology, excuse
- 仕分け 【しわけ】 classification, sorting (out), grouping, assortment, assortment journalizing (in bookkeeping)
Readings
- Korean:
- yeog
Spanish
- traducir
- razón
- motivo
- causa
- significado
Portuguese
- traduzir
- razão
- circunstância
- caso
French
- traduire
- excuse
- cause
- circonstance
- cas
874 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
993 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
982 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
879 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
4327 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
190 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1743 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1402 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
594 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
604 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
761 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1668 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1865 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
989 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1340 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1082 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
35324P | Morohashi |
1473 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
5572 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1073 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1154 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
934 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3062 | 2001 Kanji |
7a4.8 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-7-4 | SKIP code |
0768.7 | Four corner code |
1-44-85 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
8a33 | Unicode hex code |