The kanji 側: meaning, readings and stroke order

側

Meaning: side
On reading: ソク soku
Kun reading: がわ gawa
Strokes: 11
Radical: 人 man, human
Level: Level 4 · grade 4

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: bên, phía (trắc)
Japanese: がわ。よこのほう。
Korean: 쪽, 옆 (측)
Chinese: 旁边、一侧 (侧)

Readings, words and example sentences

ソク soku · on reading · less common

側そく面めん
side (of a thing)
はこの 側そく面めんに字を書きます。
I write on the side of the box.

がわ gawa · kun reading

右みぎ側がわ
right side
道の 右みぎ側がわを歩きます。
I walk on the right side of the road.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.