Kanji: 右

    • Meaning : right
    • ON reading : ウ,ユウ
    • KUN reading : みぎ
    • Nanori : あき,すけ
    • Stroke count : 5
    • Frequency of use ranking : 602
    • Jouyou grade level : 1
    • JLPT : 4
    • Radical :

Words containing that kanji:


  • - うず - map on the right/chart on the right
  • - さゆうとっしゅつぶ - kern
  • - さいうたん - low order end
  • - きじゅつこうのうへん - object of entry
  • - みぎてざひょうけい - right-handed cordinate system
  • - みぎだいかっこ - closing bracket
  • - みぎしたすみ - bottom right corner
  • え - みぎそろえ - right justification
  • シフト - みぎシフト - right shift (bitwise, arithmetic)
  • へのつ - みぎがわへのけつごうせいをもつ - to be right associative
  • - みぎうえすみ - top right corner
  • - うほうたん - right hand edge
  • からへ - みぎからひだりへ - from right to left/in one ear and out the other | nice and quick/with speed and address/without further ado
  • - みぎした - right-lower
  • - うけい - rightist/leaning to the right
  • - みぎうえ - right-upper
  • - うだいじん - Minister of the Right (official in Nara and Heian periods)
  • - うへん - right side
  • - うよう - right lobe
  • えば - みぎといえばひだり - widely spoken
  • り - みぎまわり - clockwise rotation/CW/right-handed rotation
  • - うげん - starboard
  • - うせつ - turning to the right/right turn
  • - みぎちゅうかっこ - closing brace
  • - うほう - right side | style of Japanese court music
  • - うよく - right-wing
  • - みぎ - right/right hand side | afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing)/foregoing/forgoing/above
  • - うおうさおう - move about in confusion/go every which way/going right and left/this way and that
  • め - みぎづめ - right justified
  • - みぎしょうかっこ - closing parenthesis
  • - みぎあし - right foot | right leg
  • - うは - right wing
  • - みぎめ - right eye
  • - みぎうで | うわん - right arm
  • - うえん - right margin
  • - うがん - right bank (shore)
  • - みぎて - right hand
  • - うせつきんし - No Right Turn!
  • - うのう - right brain
  • - うめん - right side
  • - うよくだんたい - right-wing organization (clique) (organisation)
  • - まわれみぎ - right about-face
  • - きょくう - extreme right
  • - ざゆうのめい - desk motto/favourite motto/favorite motto
  • - ざゆうめい - desk motto
  • - さゆう - left and right | influence/control/domination
  • - ざゆう - at one's right/at one's side
  • り | がり - みぎあがり - rising diagonally up and to the right | growing/expanding/soaring
  • - ごえもんぶろ - bath heated directly from beneath, with a floating wooden lid on which the bather sits causing it to sink (named after the robber Goemon Ishikawa, who was boiled to death in one)
  • - ぜんごさゆう - in all directions
  • ずれ - みぎずれだんそう - dextral fault
  • じ - みぎにおなじ - like he said/same for me/ditto
  • | - とかく - (doing) various things/(doing) this and that | being apt to/being prone to/tending to become | somehow or other/anyhow/anyway | rabbit horns (used as a metaphor for things that do not exist)
  • フック - みぎフック - right hook (e.g. in boxing, etc.)
  • にする - げんをさゆうにする - to equivocate/to beat around the bush
  • ハンドル - みぎハンドル - right hand drive (of cars, etc.)
  • せ - みぎよせ - right-aligned/right-justified
  • い - みぎはらい - in calligraphy, a triangular stroke going from upper left to lower right
  • として - みぎしょうことして - in witness whereof ...
  • かって - むかってみぎ - on the right as one faces (it)
  • - みぎがわ | うそく - right side/right hand
  • - うたん | みぎはし - right end/right edge
  • - うちゅうかん - between right and center fielders (baseball) (centre)
  • - みぎよこ - right side
  • - みぎわき - right armpit/right side
  • - うこさべん - looking to the right and left/hesitation
  • - さゆうたいしょう - bilateral symmetry
  • - ちゅうどううは - right-of-center faction (group)/center-left (centre)
  • - じょうげさゆう - up and down (top and bottom), left and right
  • き - みぎきき - right-handedness/right-hander
  • - さゆういっつい - left-and-right pair/symmetrical pair
  • - ほねかわすじえもん - reduced to skin and bones
  • - うえみぎ - upper right (corner)
  • - したみぎ - lower right (corner)
  • がり - みぎかたあがり - growing (graph rising to the right)/expanding/soaring
  • - みぎかた - right shoulder
  • - さいうよく - ultra-right/ultra-right extremists
  • - うしんぼう - right atrium
  • - うとう - right wing
  • がり - みぎかたさがり - decreasing (graph falling to the right)/shrinking/declining
  • | き - みぎまき - clockwise
  • - うしんしつ - right ventricle
  • き - みぎがき - writing from right to left
  • - みぎひだり - right and left
  • - きょくうしどうしゃ - far-right leader
  • - うきょうしん - dextrocardia
  • - みぎねじのほうそく - corkscrew rule
  • - うせんせい - dextrorotatory
  • - さゆうそうしょう - symmetry
  • - さこうべん - looking right and left or all about/vacillation
  • - みぎてのほうそく - (Fleming's) right-hand rule
  • き - みぎむき - facing right
  • つ - みぎよつ - sumo hold in which both wrestlers obtain an underarm grip with the right hand and an overarm grip with the left
  • | - ゆうひつ - private secretary/amanuensis
  • - うほうこまがく - old Japanese court music from the Nara period
  • - ざゆうのしょ - one's desk-side book
  • - さゆうじく - lateral axis
  • り - みぎより - tending to the Right
  • かれる - さゆうにわかれる - to part left and right
  • る - みぎにでる - to be superior to
  • - ゆうぶん - respect for literary culture
  • - ぶたいのさゆうのそで - wings of a stage
  • り - みぎのとおり - as above-mentioned