The kanji 右: meaning, readings and stroke order

右

Meaning: right
On reading: ウ u、ユウ yuu
Kun reading: みぎ migi
Strokes: 5
Radical: 口 mouth, opening
Level: Level 1 · grade 1

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: bên phải (hữu)
Japanese: みぎ。
Korean: 오른쪽 (우)
Chinese: 右边

Readings, words and example sentences

ウ u · on reading · less common

右う往おう左さ往おう
running around in a panic
みんな 右う往おう左さ往おうしていました。
Everyone was running around in a panic.

ユウ yuu · on reading

左さ右ゆう
left and right
左さ右ゆうをよく見てわたります。
Look left and right before you cross.

みぎ migi · kun reading

右みぎ
right (side)
右みぎの手を上げます。
Raise your right hand.

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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.