| 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 junior high
JLPT level N1
1083 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 隣国 【リンゴク】 neighbouring country, neighboring country, adjacent country
- 隣家 【リンカ】 neighbouring house, neighboring house
- 善隣 【ゼンリン】 good neighbour, good neighbor
- 四隣 【シリン】 whole neighborhood, whole neighbourhood, surrounding countries
Kun reading compounds
- 隣る 【となる】 to neighbor (neighbour), to be adjacent to, to be next to, to border
- 隣 【となり】 next (to), adjoining, adjacent, house next door, neighbouring house, next-door neighbour, next-door neighbor
- 隣り合う 【となりあう】 to adjoin each other, to sit side by side
- 先隣 【さきとなり】 next door but one, (a house) two doors away
- 一軒置いて隣 【いっけんおいてとなり】 next door but one
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ちか
- Korean:
- rin
Spanish
- colindante
- vecino
- colindar
Portuguese
- vizinho
French
- voisin
| 1915 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1002 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 5023 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1040 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1882 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2443 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 809 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 828 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 980 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 752 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 961 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 538 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 700 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1320 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 41847 | Morohashi |
| 781 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6484 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1311 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1408 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1862 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3655 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2d13.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-13 | SKIP code |
| 1-2-13 | SKIP code |
| 7925.9 | Four corner code |
| 1-46-57 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 96a3 | Unicode hex code |