Kanji: 左

    • Meaning : left
    • ON reading : サ,シャ
    • KUN reading : ひだり
    • Nanori :
    • Stroke count : 5
    • Frequency of use ranking : 630
    • Jouyou grade level : 1
    • JLPT : 4
    • Radical :

Words containing that kanji:


  • - さかんや - plasterer
  • - どうひだり - same as on the left
  • - さきほそく - following supplements/supplementary information below
  • - さゆうとっしゅつぶ - kern
  • え - ひだりそろえ - left-justification
  • マウスボタン - ひだりマウスボタン - left-side mouse button
  • - ひだりうえすみ - top left corner
  • - さいさたん - high order end
  • シフト - ひだりシフト - left shift (bitwise, arithmetic)
  • - ひだりてざひょうけい - left-handed cordinate system
  • - さほうたん - left hand edge
  • - ひだりしたすみ - bottom left corner
  • - さへんち - left side value (of an equation)
  • - きじゅつこうのさへん - subject of entry
  • マウスのボタン - マウスのひだりボタン - left mouse button
  • 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
  • えば - みぎといえばひだり - widely spoken
  • - うおうさおう - move about in confusion/go every which way/going right and left/this way and that
  • - さよくとう - left-wing party/party of the left
  • - さべんかん - Oversight Department of the Left (overseeing the Ministries of Central Affairs, Ceremonies, Civil Administration & Popular Affairs)
  • - さ - left (esp. in vertical Japanese writing)/the following
  • - ひだりした - lower left
  • - さき - undermentioned (statement)/following
  • - ひだりて - left hand
  • - させん - demotion/degradation
  • - ひだりだいかっこ - opening (square) bracket
  • - さのう - left brain
  • - さよく - left-wing
  • り - ひだりまわり - counterclockwise rotation/CCW
  • め - ひだりづめ - left justified
  • - ひだりしょうかっこ - opening parenthesis
  • - ひだりまえ - downward course/being badly off/wearing a kimono with the right side tucked under the left
  • - さたん | ひだりはし - left end/left edge
  • - さは - left wing
  • - ひだり - left/left hand side
  • - さかん | しゃかん - plasterer
  • - さけい - leftist/left radical
  • - ひだりうえ - left-upper
  • - さゆう - left and right | influence/control/domination
  • になる - ひだりまえになる - to go downhill/to be badly off
  • - ひだりちゅうかっこ - opening brace
  • - さがん - left bank (of a river)
  • - ひだりめ - left eye
  • - さげん - port (left side of vessel)
  • - させつ - turning to the left/left turn
  • - ひだりあし - left foot
  • - さとう | ひだりとう - drinker/wine lover | left (wing)/leftist
  • なら - さようなら - good-bye
  • - さいさ - left-most
  • - さほうとうがく - style of gagaku based on Tang-era Chinese music and ancient Indian song and dance
  • - さがく - style of gagaku based on Tang-era Chinese music and ancient Indian song and dance
  • - さほうのがく - style of gagaku based on Tang-era Chinese music and ancient Indian song and dance
  • - ぜんごさゆう - in all directions
  • ずれ - ひだりずれだんそう - sinistral fault
  • | - さほど - not so/not particularly/not very/not that much
  • | - 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)
  • - どざえもん - drowned body of a person (after sumo wrestler Narusegawa Dozaemon)
  • フック - ひだりフック - left hook (e.g. in boxing, etc.)
  • - ひだりてのほうそく - (Fleming's) left-hand rule
  • - さたん - friendship/allegiance/support
  • ハンドル - ひだりハンドル - left hand drive (of cars, etc.)
  • にする - げんをさゆうにする - to equivocate/to beat around the bush
  • - へいきのへいざ - quite unconcerned/nonchalant
  • い - ひだりはらい - in calligraphy, a stroke going from upper right to lower left with a pointed tail
  • せ - ひだりよせ - left-aligned/left-justified
  • - ひだりがわ | さそく - left/left (hand) side
  • き | - ひだりきき - left-handedness/sake drinker/left-hander
  • れる - ひだりにおれる - to turn to the left
  • がる - ひだりにまがる - to turn to the left
  • - ちゅうどうさは - left-of-center faction (group)
  • - さわんとうしゅ - left-handed baseball pitcher
  • - さわん | ひだりうで - left arm | left-handed (baseball pitcher)
  • - うこさべん - looking to the right and left/hesitation
  • - さゆうたいしょう - bilateral symmetry
  • - じょうげさゆう - up and down (top and bottom), left and right
  • - さゆういっつい - left-and-right pair/symmetrical pair
  • - さへん - left side (of an equation)
  • - しょうさ - evidence/proof/witness
  • - うえひだり - upper left (corner)
  • - したひだり - lower left (corner)
  • - ひだりかた - left shoulder
  • - さいさよく - ultra-left/ultra-left extremists
  • - しんさよく - the new left (school of thought)
  • - きょくさだんたい - far-left group
  • - さしんほじょじゅんかんそうち - left ventricular assist device/LVAD
  • - みぎひだり - right and left
  • - きょくさ - extreme left/ultraleft
  • - さゆうそうしょう - symmetry
  • - さよう - like that/that's right
  • - さだいじん - Minister of the Left (official in Nara and Heian periods)
  • - ひだりうちわ - ease and comfort
  • - さこうべん - looking right and left or all about/vacillation
  • - さしんぼう - left atrium
  • き - ひだりまき - counterclockwise/eccentric/abnormal
  • - さしんしつ - left ventricle
  • - ひだりがわつうこう - Keep Left
  • げ - ひだりなげ - left-handed pitching
  • つ - ひだりよつ - sumo hold in which both wrestlers obtain an underarm grip with the left hand and an over-arm grip with the right
  • のような - ひだりのようなりゆう - the reason(s) is (are) as follows
  • - さひょう - chart at the left
  • - さちょく - left liner
  • る - さよくにはしる - to turn leftist
  • のような - ひだりのようなわけ - the reason(s) is (are) as follows
  • り - さのとおり - as following
  • - さゆうじく - lateral axis
  • かって - むかってひだり - on the left as one faces (it)
  • - さちゅうかん - between left and center fielders (centre)
  • - さはけい - left faction
  • - さほう - left side
  • かれる - さゆうにわかれる - to part left and right
  • り - ひだりより - tending to the left
  • き - ひだりむき - facing left
  • - ぶたいのさゆうのそで - wings of a stage
  • - ひだりみみ - left ear