左

左 U+5DE6, 左 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5DE6 ← 工 [U+5DE5] CJK Unified Ideographs 巧 → [U+5DE7]

සර්ව භාෂාමය

Stroke order

හන් අනුලක්ෂණය

左 (Kangxi radical 48, 工+2, 5 strokes, cangjie input 大一 (KM), four-corner 4001₁, composition ⿸𠂇工)

ව්‍යුත්පන්න අනුලක්ෂණ

• 佐, 咗, 𣳇, 㝾, 袏, 䦈, 堶, 媠, 惰, 㨊, 遀, 隋, 楕, 㻟, 䙃, 䤻, 䭉, 䯝, 鰖, 毻, 隓, 鬌, 𠡃, 𢀡

Descendants

• さ

මූලාශ්‍ර

• Kangxi ශබ්දකෝෂය: පිටුව 325, අනුලක්ෂණය 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: අනුලක්ෂණය 8720
• Dae Jaweon: පිටුව 626, අනුලක්ෂණය 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (පළමුවන සංස්කරණය): වෙලුම 1, පිටුව 411, අනුලක්ෂණය 5
• Unihan data for U+5DE6

චීන

simp. and trad.		左
alternative forms		𠂇 𢀡 㔫 屮 䶹

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 左
Shang	Western Zhou	Warring States		Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Qin slip script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (左) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
左	*ʔsaːlʔ, *ʔsaːls
佐	*ʔsaːls
袏
蹉
瑳
搓	*sʰlaːl
磋
溠
傞	*sʰlaːl, *slaːl
醝
瘥
鹺
嵯	*zlaːl, *sʰral
嵳	*zlaːl
蒫
艖
齹
縒
褨
嗟	*ʔsljal
差	*sʰraːl, *sʰraːls, *sʰreːl, *sʰreːl, *sʰreːls, *sʰral
鎈
槎	*zraːl, *zraːlʔ
髊

Originally written 𠂇 in the oracle bone script: Pictogram (象形) – a left hand. Compare 又 (“right hand”).

Late bronze inscription forms show an added 工 (“work; to assist?”) component, making the current form a phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ʔsaːlʔ, *ʔsaːls) and ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) : phonetic 𠂇 (, “left hand”) + semantic 工 (“work”), representing the original form of 佐 (OC *ʔsaːls, “to assist”).

නිරුක්තිය

Cognate with 佐 (OC *ʔsaːls, “to assist”) (< be on one's left side); mirror of the semantic relationship between 右 (OC *ɢʷɯʔ, “right”) and 佑 (OC *ɢʷɯs, “to assist”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Unrelated to Proto-Tibeto-Burman *b(w)aj (“left (hand)”) (STEDT).

“(politics) left-wing”

Semantic loan from ඉංග්‍රීසි left, in turn a semantic loan from ප්‍රංශ gauche.

උච්චාරණය 1

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): zuǒ (zuo³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˇ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): zo³

  (Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): zuò

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): зуә (zuə, II)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zo²

• Gan (Wiktionary): zo³
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): chó

  (Meixian, Guangdong): zo³

• Jin (Wiktionary): ze²
• Northern Min (KCR): cǒ̤
• Eastern Min (BUC): cō̤
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chó / chó͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zo²

• Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁵tsu / ³tsou / ³tso
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): zo³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zuǒ
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zuǒ
    • Wade–Giles: tso³
    • Yale: dzwǒ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuoo
    • Palladius: цзо (czo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ²¹⁴/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: zo³
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: zo
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡so⁵³/
  • (Xi'an)
    • Guanzhong Pinyin: zuò
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡suo⁵³/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: зуә (zuə, II)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡suə⁵¹/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zo²
    • Yale: jó
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzo²
    • Guangdong Romanization: zo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔː³⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: zo³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡so²¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chó
    • Hakka Romanization System: zo^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zo³
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡so³¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: zo³
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡so³¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: ze²
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡sɤ⁵³/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: cǒ̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔ²¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: cō̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡so³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chó
    • Tâi-lô: tsó
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zoir
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /t͡so⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡so⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sɤ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chó͘
    • Tâi-lô: tsóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zor
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɔ⁵⁵⁴/

Note:

• Quanzhou:
  • chó - vernacular;
  • chó͘ - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: zo²
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsó
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡so⁵²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵tsu
    • MiniDict: tsu^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tsu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡su³⁴/
  • (Northern: Suzhou)
    • Wugniu: ³tsou
    • MiniDict: tsou^上
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /t͡səu⁵¹/
  • (Northern: Hangzhou)
    • Wugniu: ³tso
    • MiniDict: tso^上
    • Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /t͡so⁵³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: zo³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡so⁴¹/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 左
Mandarin	Beijing	/t͡suo²¹⁴/
	Harbin	/t͡suo²¹³/
	Tianjin	/t͡suo¹³/
	Jinan	/t͡suə²¹/
	Qingdao	/t͡suə²¹³/
	Zhengzhou	/t͡suo⁵³/
	Xi'an	/t͡suo⁵³/
	Xining	/t͡su⁵³/
	Yinchuan	/t͡suə⁵³/
	Lanzhou	/t͡suə⁴⁴²/
	Ürümqi	/t͡suɤ⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/t͡suo⁴²/
	Chengdu	/t͡so⁵³/
	Guiyang	/t͡so⁴²/
	Kunming	/t͡so⁵³/
	Nanjing	/t͡so²¹²/
	Hefei	/t͡sʊ²⁴/
Jin	Taiyuan	/t͡sɤ⁵³/
	Pingyao	/t͡ɕie̞³⁵/
	Hohhot	/t͡suɤ⁵³/
Wu	Shanghai	/t͡su³⁵/
	Suzhou	/t͡səu⁵¹³/
	Hangzhou	/t͡so⁵³/
	Wenzhou	/t͡sɤu³⁵/
Hui	Shexian	/t͡so³⁵/
	Tunxi	/t͡so³¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/t͡so⁴¹/
	Xiangtan	/t͡so⁴²/
Gan	Nanchang	/t͡so²¹³/
Hakka	Meixian	/t͡so³¹/
	Taoyuan	/t͡so³¹/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/t͡sɔ³⁵/
	Nanning	/t͡sɔ³⁵/
	Hong Kong	/t͡sɔ³⁵/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/t͡so⁵³/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/t͡so³²/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/t͡sɔ²¹/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/t͡so⁵³/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/to²¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: /t͡sɑ^X/

Rime
Character	左
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	歌 (94)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	臧可切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sɑX/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sɑX/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sɑX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡saX/
Li Rong	/t͡sɑX/
Wang Li	/t͡sɑX/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡sɑX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zuǒ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zo2

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*tsˤa[j]ʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsaːlʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	左
Reading #	1/3
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zuǒ
Middle Chinese	‹ tsaX ›
Old Chinese	/*tsˁa[j]ʔ/
English	left (side)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	左
Reading #	1/2
No.	18004
Phonetic component	左
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	左
Old Chinese	/*ʔsaːlʔ/

Definitions

左

1. left (direction)

   左手  ―  zuǒshǒu  ―  left hand

2. east; areas to the east

   江左  ―  jiāngzuǒ  ―  area east of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River

3. (historical) inferior position
4. unorthodox; wrong
5. erroneously; mistakingly

   你想左了。  ―  Nǐ xiǎng zuǒ le.  ―  You are mistaken.

6. different; divided; inconsistent

   相左  ―  xiàngzuǒ  ―  to conflict with each other; to fail to agree

7. (politics) left-wing
8. (chemistry) levo-

   左多巴  ―  zuǒduōbā  ―  levodopa

9. (Sichuanese, of singing) out of tune; off-key
10. (Southwestern Mandarin, including Sichuanese) to exchange
11. (Eastern Min) devious, dishonest
12. (Xiang) wrong; incorrect
13. පෙළපත් නාමයක්

    左宗棠  ―  Zuǒ Zōngtáng  ―  Zuo Zongtang (Qing dynasty Chinese statesman and military leader)

භාවිත සටහන්

In socialist nations e.g. mainland China, 左 is usually (not necessarily) put in quotation marks when referring to the leftism further to the correct party line.

සමාන පද

Dialectal synonyms of 左 (“left”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		左
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		左
Mandarin	Beijing	左
	Taiwan	左
	Tianjin	左
	Chengde	左
	Tangshan	左
	Cangzhou	左
	Baoding	左
	Shijiazhuang	左
	Chifeng	左
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	左
	Heihe	左
	Qiqihar	左
	Harbin	左
	Jiamusi	左
	Baicheng	左
	Changchun	左
	Tonghua	左
	Shenyang	左
	Dandong	左
	Jinzhou	左
	Dalian	左
	Yantai	左
	Qingdao	左
	Lijin	左
	Zhucheng	左
	Jinan	左
	Jining	左
	Wanrong	左
	Shangqiu	左
	Yuanyang	左
	Zhengzhou	左
	Lingbao	左
	Xinyang	左
	Baihe	左
	Hanzhong	左
	Xi'an	左
	Baoji	左
	Yinchuan	左
	Tianshui	左
	Lanzhou	左
	Dunhuang	左
	Xining	左
	Hami	左
	Ürümqi	左
	Wuhan	左
	Yichang	左
	Xiangyang	左
	Tianmen	左
	Hong'an	左
	Chengdu	左
	Nanchong	左
	Dazhou	左
	Hanyuan	左
	Xichang	左
	Zigong	左
	Chongqing	左
	Guiyang	左
	Zunyi	左
	Bijie	左
	Liping	左
	Zhaotong	左
	Dali	左
	Kunming	左
	Mengzi	左
Guilin	左
Liuzhou	左
Jishou	左
Changde	左
Anqing	左
Xuzhou	左
Fuyang	左
Wuhu	左
Yangzhou	左
Lianyungang	左
Lianshui	左
Nanjing	左
Hefei	左
Nantong	左
Malaysia	左
Singapore	左
Cantonese	Guangzhou	左
	Hong Kong	左
	Macau	左
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	左
	Singapore (Guangfu)	左
Gan	Nanchang	左
	Lichuan	左
Huizhou	Shexian	左
Jin	Taiyuan	左
	Yangyuan	左
	Datong	左
	Xinzhou	左
	Lishi	左
	Linfen	左
	Changzhi	左
	Linhe	左
	Jining	左
	Hohhot	左
	Erenhot	左
	Pingshan	左
	Zhangjiakou	左
	Handan	左
	Linzhou	左
	Suide	左
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	左
Southern Min	Xiamen	倒
	Quanzhou	倒
	Zhangzhou	倒
	Taipei	倒
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	倒
	Kaohsiung	倒
	Yilan	倒
	Changhua (Lukang)	倒
	Taichung	倒
	Tainan	倒
	Hsinchu	倒
	Kinmen	倒
	Penghu (Magong)	倒
	Penang (Hokkien)	倒
	Singapore (Hokkien)	倒
	Manila (Hokkien)	倒
	Chaozhou	倒
	Shantou	倒
	Jieyang	倒
	Singapore (Teochew)	倒
	Wenchang	左
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	左

Dialectal synonyms of 錯 (“wrong”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		過誤, 誤, 謬, 謬誤, 訛
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		錯, 不對, 錯誤
Mandarin	Beijing	錯, 左
	Taiwan	錯, 不對
	Jinan	錯, 差
	Xi'an	錯
	Ürümqi	錯
	Wuhan	錯, 左
	Chengdu	錯, 拐
	Guilin	錯
	Yangzhou	錯
	Nanjing	差
	Hefei	錯
	Malaysia	錯, 不對
	Singapore	錯, 不對
Cantonese	Guangzhou	錯, 唔啱
	Hong Kong	錯, 唔啱
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	錯
	Macau	錯
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	錯
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	唔啱
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	錯
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	錯
	Foshan	錯
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	錯
	Foshan (Shunde)	錯
	Foshan (Sanshui)	錯, 唔啱
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	錯
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	錯
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	錯
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	錯
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	錯
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	錯
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	錯
	Taishan	錯
	Kaiping (Chikan)	錯
	Enping (Niujiang)	錯
	Heshan (Yayao)	錯
	Dongguan	錯
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	錯
	Yangjiang	錯
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	唔啱, 錯
	Singapore (Guangfu)	唔啱, 錯
Gan	Nanchang	錯
	Lichuan	錯
Hakka	Meixian	差, 唔啱
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	錯
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	錯
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	錯
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	錯
	Conghua (Lütian)	錯
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	唔著
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	唔著
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	唔著
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	唔著
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	唔著
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	唔著
Jin	Taiyuan	錯, 不對, 差
Northern Min	Jian'ou	錯
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	賺
	Matsu	賺
Southern Min	Xiamen	賺, 毋著
	Quanzhou	賺, 毋著
	Shishi	賺
	Zhangzhou	賺, 毋著
	Zhao'an	毋著
	Taipei	毋著
	Kaohsiung	毋著
	Penang (Hokkien)	salah, 毋著, 賺
	Singapore (Hokkien)	salah, 毋著
	Manila (Hokkien)	毋著, 賺
	Chaozhou	賺
	Shantou	賺, 唔對, 唔著
	Jieyang	賺
	Singapore (Teochew)	salah, 唔著, 賺
	Leizhou	無著
	Wenchang	無著
	Haikou	錯
	Singapore (Hainanese)	無著
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	錯, 唔啱
Wu	Shanghai	錯
	Suzhou	錯
	Ningbo	錯, 賺
	Wenzhou	賺
	Jinhua	賺
Xiang	Changsha	錯, 左
	Shuangfeng	造, 錯

විරුද්ධ පද

• 右 (yòu, “right”)

උච්චාරණය 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zuǒ (zuo³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zuǒ
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zuǒ
    • Wade–Giles: tso³
    • Yale: dzwǒ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuoo
    • Palladius: цзо (czo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ²¹⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /t͡sɑ^X/, /t͡sɑ^H/

Rime
Character	左	左
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	精 (13)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	歌 (94)	歌 (94)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	臧可切	則箇切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sɑX/	/t͡sɑH/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sɑX/	/t͡sɑH/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sɑX/	/t͡sɑH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡saX/	/t͡saH/
Li Rong	/t͡sɑX/	/t͡sɑH/
Wang Li	/t͡sɑX/	/t͡sɑH/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡sɑX/	/t͡sɑH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zuǒ	zuò
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zo2	zo3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*tsˤa[j]ʔ/, /*tsˤarʔ-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsaːlʔ/, /*ʔsaːls/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	左	左
Reading #	2/3	3/3
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zuǒ	zuǒ
Middle Chinese	‹ tsaX ›	‹ tsaH ›
Old Chinese	/*tsˁa[j]ʔ/	/*tsˁarʔ-s/
English	assist	assist
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	左	左
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	18004	18006
Phonetic component	左	左
Rime group	歌	歌
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	左	佐
Old Chinese	/*ʔsaːlʔ/	/*ʔsaːls/

Definitions

左

1. ^† සැකිල්ල:zh-original

Compounds

• 不左不右
• 反左書 / 反左书
• 可操左券
• 如左右手
• 如持左券
• 左……右……
• 左不過 / 左不过
• 左丘
• 左丞
• 左乙
• 左使
• 左來右去 / 左来右去
• 左側 / 左侧
• 左傳 / 左传
• 左傾 / 左倾
• 左列
• 左券
• 左券在握
• 左史
• 左右
• 左右兩難 / 左右两难
• 左右前後 / 左右前后
• 左右夾攻 / 左右夹攻
• 左右手
• 左右支絀 / 左右支绌
• 左右為難 / 左右为难
• 左右翼
• 左右袒
• 左右逢源
• 左右開弓 / 左右开弓
• 左嗓子
• 左圖右史 / 左图右史
• 左契
• 左學 / 左学
• 左宜右有
• 左嵐 / 左岚
• 左師 / 左师
• 左徒
• 左心室
• 左性
• 左思右想
• 左手
• 左挈右提
• 左拾遺 / 左拾遗
• 左提右挈
• 左撇子
• 左擁右抱 / 左拥右抱
• 左支右吾
• 左支右絀 / 左支右绌
• 左方
• 左書 / 左书
• 左榜右臂
• 左權 / 左权
• 左氏春秋
• 左江
• 左派
• 左海
• 左湊 / 左凑
• 左溪寺
• 左營 / 左营
• 左猜
• 左獄 / 左狱
• 左皮氣 / 左皮气
• 左縈右拂 / 左萦右拂
• 左纛
• 左翼
• 左舷
• 左行
• 左衝右突 / 左冲右突
• 左衽
• 左袒
• 左計 / 左计
• 左證 / 左证
• 左賢王 / 左贤王
• 左輔右弼 / 左辅右弼
• 左輪 / 左轮
• 左轉 / 左转
• 左近
• 左道
• 左道旁門 / 左道旁门
• 左遮右攩 / 左遮右挡
• 左遷 / 左迁
• 左邊 / 左边
• 左鄰右舍 / 左邻右舍
• 左鎮 / 左镇 (“Zuojhen”)
• 左鎮人 / 左镇人
• 左降
• 左面
• 左顧 / 左顾
• 左顧右盼 / 左顾右盼
• 左首
• 弄左性
• 所謀輒左 / 所谋辄左
• 披髮左衽 / 披发左衽
• 持左券
• 操左券
• 旁門左道 / 旁门左道
• 江左
• 江左夷吾
• 淮左
• 牛心左性
• 男左女右
• 相左
• 穩操左券 / 稳操左券
• 羊左之誼 / 羊左之谊
• 虛左 / 虚左
• 虛左以待 / 虚左以待
• 被髮左衽 / 被发左衽
• 證左 / 证左
• 道左
• 鄰左 / 邻左
• 閭左 / 闾左
• 驗左 / 验左

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (左):

• → ජපන්: 左(さ) (sa)
• → කොරියානු: 좌(左) (jwa)
• → වියට්නාම: tả (左)

Others:

• → Ahom: 𑜏𑜩 (say, “left”)
• → Bouyei: soix (“left”)
• → ඉංග්‍රීසි: Tso, Zuo
• → ලාඕ: ຊ້າຍ (sāi, “left”)
• → Shan: သၢႆႉ (sâ̰ai, “left”)
• → තායි: ซ้าย (sáai, “left”)
• → Zhuang: swix (“left”)

මූලාශ්‍ර

• “左”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function චීන අනුලක්ෂණ දත්ත සමුදාය)‎^[2], 香港中文大學 / 香港中文大学 (හොංකොං චීන විශ්වවිද්‍යාලය), 2014–
• චීන අනුලක්ෂණ ප්‍රභේද ශබ්දකෝෂය (教育部異體字字典), A01151

ජපන්

කන්ජි

左

(First grade kyōiku kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: さ (sa, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: さ (sa, Jōyō)
• Kun: ひだり (hidari, 左, Jōyō); と (to, 左)

වෙනත් ආකාර

• 㔫

Compounds

• 左(さ)遷(せん) (sasen)
• 左(さ)官(かん) (sakan)
• 左(さ)派(は) (saha)
• 左(さ)右(ゆう) (sayū)
• 左(さ)翼(よく) (sayoku)

නිරුක්තිය 1

මෙම යෙදුම තුළ කන්ජි
左
ひだり Grade: 1
kun'yomi

/hidari/: *[pidari] → [ɸidari] → [çidari].

From Old Japanese. First attested in the Kojiki of 712 CE. From Proto-Japonic *pintari.

උච්චාරණය

• (Tokyo) ひだり [hìdárí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [çida̠ɾʲi]

නාම පදය

左(ひだり) (hidari) 

1. (direction) left, the side of the left hand
   • සැකිල්ල:RQ:Nippo Jisho
   • 1999 අගෝස්තු 10, “:සැකිල්ල:ruby [Left Arm of the Sealed One]”, in 幻の召喚神 [Phantom God], Konami:

     封(ふう)印(いん)された左(ひだり)腕(うで)。封(ふう)印(いん)を解(と)くと、無(む)限(げん)の力(ちから)を得(え)られる。

     Fūinsareta hidariude. Fūin o toku to, mugen no chikara o erareru.

     A sealed left arm. Whosoever breaks the seal shall earn infinite power.

2. (politics) a leftist

විරුද්ධ පද

• (left): 右(みぎ) (migi, “right”)

ව්‍යුත්පන්න යෙදුම්

• 左(ひだり)側(がわ) (hidarigawa)
• 左(ひだり)利(き)き (hidarikiki)
• 左(ひだり)手(て) (hidarite)
• 左(ひだり)巻(ま)き (hidarimaki)
• 左(ひだり)上(うえ) (hidariue)
• 左(ひだり)下(した) (hidarishita)
• 右(みぎ)左(ひだり) (migihidari)

නිරුක්තිය 2

මෙම යෙදුම තුළ කන්ජි
左
さ Grade: 1
on'yomi

Middle Chinese 左

උච්චාරණය

• (Tokyo) さ [sáꜜ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [sa̠]

නාම පදය

左(さ) (sa) 

1. the left in vertical writing
2. the following (one)
   • සැකිල්ල:RQ:I am a cat:

     吾(わが)輩(はい)はまず彼(かれ)がどのくらい無(む)学(がく)であるかを試(ため)してみようと思(おも)って左(さ)の問(もん)答(どう)をして見(み)た。

     Wagahai wa mazu kare ga dono kurai mugaku de aru ka o tameshite miyō to omotte sa no mondō o shite mita.

     To judge just how uneducated he was, I posed the following question.

උපසර්ගය

左(さ) (sa-) 

1. to the left; on the left side
2. (history, government) "of the left", senior or superior to 右 (u-, “of the right”)

   左(さ)衛(え)門(もん)

   Saemon

   the Gate Guard of the Left

   左(さ)大(だい)臣(じん)

   Sadaijin

   the Minister of the Left

මූලාශ්‍ර

• Doi, Tadao (1603–1604) Hōyaku Nippo Jisho, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, published 1980, →ISBN.

කොරියානු

නිරුක්තිය

From Middle Chinese 左 (MC t͡sɑ^X).

Historical readings
සැකිල්ල:hanja-dongguk සැකිල්ල:hanja-hunmong

උච්චාරණය

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕwa̠(ː)]
• Phonetic hangul: [좌(ː)]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

හන්ජා

Wikisource

左 (eumhun 왼 좌 (oen jwa))

1. Hanja form^? of 좌 (“left (direction)”).

ව්‍යුත්පන්න යෙදුම්

Compounds

• 좌파 (左派, jwapa)
• 좌우 (左右, jwau)
• 좌익 (左翼, jwaik)
• 좌천 (左遷, jwacheon)
• 좌측 (左側, jwacheuk)
• 좌향좌 (左向左, jwahyangjwa)
• 좌수사 (左水使, jwasusa)
• 좌승지 (左承旨, jwaseungji)
• 좌익수 (左翼手, jwaiksu)
• 좌의정 (左議政, jwauijeong)
• 좌우지간 (左右之間, jwaujigan)
• 좌지우지 (左之右之, jwajiuji)

මූලාශ්‍ර

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [3]

ඔකිනවා

මෙම යෙදුම තුළ කන්ජි
左
ひじゃい Grade: 1
kun'yomi

නිරුක්තිය

From Proto-Ryukyuan *pidari, from Proto-Japonic *pintari. Cognate with ජපන් 左 (hidari).

නාම පදය

左(ひじゃい) (hijai) 

1. (direction) වම

වියට්නාම

හන් අනුලක්ෂණය

左: Hán Nôm readings: tả, tá

1. වම (පැත්ත)