The kanji 左: meaning, readings and stroke order
左
- Meaning
- left
- On reading
- サ sa
- Kun reading
- ひだり hidari
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 工 work
- Level
- Level 1 · grade 1
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- bên trái (tả)
- Japanese
- ひだり。
- Korean
- 왼쪽 (좌)
- Chinese
- 左边
Readings, words and example sentences
サ sa · on reading
左右
left and right
車の 左右に 気を つけます。
I watch out on both sides of the car.
ひだり hidari · kun reading
左
left (side)
左の 目が いたいです。
My left eye hurts.
Practise writing 左 in the app
In Dino Kids your child writes 左 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 1 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.
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.