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右 (yòu): meaning and stroke order

右 (yòu) means (bound form) right; right-hand side, (bound form) (politics) right of center.

右

Simplified
右
Traditional
右 (same form)
Pinyin
yòu

Stroke order of 右

右

  • yòu (bound form) right; right-hand side; (bound form) (politics) right of center
  • 5 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 右

  1. yòu
    • (bound form) right; right-hand side
    • (bound form) (politics) right of center
    • (bound form) (old) west
    • (literary) the right side as the side of precedence

Radical and structure

右
Radical 口 (Kangxi radical 30) · 5 strokes · built from 𠂇 and 口

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

Words with 右

右 in our stories

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  • 他的左眼变成了太阳，右眼变成了月亮，四肢化作了高山，血液流成了江河。

    tā de zuǒ yǎn biànchéng le tàiyáng yòu yǎn biànchéng le yuèliang sìzhī huàzuò le gāoshān xuèyè liú chéng le jiānghé

    His left eye became the sun, his right eye the moon; his limbs turned into mountains and his blood flowed into rivers.

    From the story Pangu separates heaven and earth HSK 7–9 · Level 7

Stories using 右

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).