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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

Stroke order of 左, 5 strokes: each box adds one stroke, the red one is the stroke being written

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

ひだり hidari · kun reading

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.