左 (Zuǒ): meaning and stroke order
左 (Zuǒ) means surname Zuo, left, the Left (politics), east, unorthodox, queer, wrong, differing.
左
- Simplified
- 左
- Traditional
- 左 (same form)
- Pinyin
- Zuǒ
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Stroke order of 左
左
- Zuǒ surname Zuo
- zuǒ left; the Left (politics)
- 5 strokes
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Meaning of 左
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Zuǒ
- surname Zuo
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zuǒ
- left
- the Left (politics)
- east
- unorthodox
- queer
- wrong
- differing
- opposite
- variant of 佐[zuo3]
Radical and structure
- 左
- Radical 工 (Kangxi radical 48) · 5 strokes · built from 𠂇 and 工
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 左
- 左右 zuǒ yòu left and right; nearby
- 左边 zuǒ bian left; the left side
左 in our stories
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老奶奶说：“往前走，到第二个路口往左拐，书店就在银行旁边。”
lǎonǎinai shuō wǎng qián zǒu dào dì-èr gè lùkǒu wǎng zuǒ guǎi shūdiàn jiù zài yínháng pángbiān
The old lady says, "Go straight on, turn left at the second junction, and the bookshop is next to the bank."
From the story How do I get to the bookshop? HSK 2
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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 左
- How do I get to the bookshop? HSK 2
- Pangu separates heaven and earth HSK 7–9 · Level 7
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).