左

左	U+5DE6, 左 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5DE6

සර්ව භාෂාමය[සංස්කරණය]

Stroke order

Han character[සංස්කරණය]

左 (Kangxi radical 48, 工+2, 5 strokes, cangjie input 大一 (KM), four-corner 4001₁, composition ⿸𠂇工)

Derived characters[සංස්කරණය]

佐, 咗, 𣳇, 㝾, 袏, 䦈, 堶, 媠, 惰, 㨊, 遀, 隋, 楕, 㻟, 䙃, 䤻, 䭉, 䯝, 鰖, 毻, 隓, 鬌, 𠡃, 𢀡

මූලාශ්‍ර[සංස්කරණය]

Kangxi Dictionary: page 325, character 8
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8720
Dae Jaweon: page 626, character 7
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 411, character 5
Unihan data for U+5DE6

චීන[සංස්කරණය]

simp. and trad.		左
alternative forms		𠂇𢀡㔫屮䶹

Wikipedia has articles on:

左 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
左 (Cantonese)
Chó (sèⁿ) (Southern Min)

Glyph origin[සංස්කරණය]

Historical forms of the character 左
Shang	Western Zhou	Warring States		Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Qin slip script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (左) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
左	ʔsaːlʔ, ʔsaːls
佐	*ʔsaːls
袏
蹉
瑳
搓	*sʰlaːl
磋
溠
傞	sʰlaːl, slaːl
醝
瘥
鹺
嵯	zlaːl, sʰral
嵳	*zlaːl
蒫
艖
齹
縒
褨
嗟	*ʔsljal
差	sʰraːl, sʰraːls, sʰreːl, sʰreːl, sʰreːls, sʰral
鎈
槎	zraːl, zraːlʔ
髊

Originally written 𠂇 in the oracle bone script: Pictogram (象形) – a left hand. Compare 又 (“right hand”).

Late bronze inscription forms show an added 工 (“work; to assist?”) component, making the current form a phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ʔsaːlʔ, *ʔsaːls) and ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : phonetic 𠂇 (, “left hand”) + semantic 工 (“work”), representing the original form of 佐 (OC *ʔsaːls, “to assist”).

නිරුක්තිය[සංස්කරණය]

Cognate with 佐 (OC *ʔsaːls, “to assist”) (< be on one's left side); mirror of the semantic relationship between 右 (OC *ɢʷɯʔ, “right”) and 佑 (OC *ɢʷɯs, “to assist”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Unrelated to සැකිල්ල:ncog (STEDT).

“(politics) left-wing”: Semantic loan from ඉංග්‍රීසි left, in turn a semantic loan from ප්‍රංශ gauche.

Pronunciation 1[සංස්කරණය]

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): zuǒ (zuo³)

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˇ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): zo³

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): зуә (zuə, II)
Cantonese (Jyutping): zo²
Gan (Wiktionary): zo³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): chó

(Meixian, Guangdong): zo³
Jin (Wiktionary): ze²
Northern Min (KCR): cǒ̤
Eastern Min (BUC): cō̤
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chó / chó͘

(Teochew, Peng'im): zo²
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ⁵tsu
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): zo³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zuǒ
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zuǒ
  - Wade–Giles: tso³
  - Yale: dzwǒ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuoo
  - Palladius: цзо (czo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ²¹⁴/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: zo³
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: zo
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡so⁵³/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: зуә (zuə, II)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡suə⁵¹/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zo²
  - Yale: jó
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzo²
  - Guangdong Romanization: zo²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔː³⁵/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: zo³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡so²¹³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chó
  - Hakka Romanization System: zo`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zo³
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡so³¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: zo³
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡so³¹/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: ze²
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡sɤ⁵³/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: cǒ̤
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔ²¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: cō̤
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡so³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chó
  - Tâi-lô: tsó
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zoir
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /t͡so⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡so⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sɤ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chó͘
  - Tâi-lô: tsóo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zor
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɔ⁵⁵⁴/

Note:

Quanzhou:
- chó - vernacular;
- chó͘ - literary.

(Teochew)

Peng'im: zo²
Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsó
Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡so⁵²/

Wu

(Northern): ⁵tsu

Xiang

(Changsha)
- Wiktionary: zo³
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡so⁴¹/

Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 左
Mandarin	Beijing	/t͡suo²¹⁴/
	Harbin	/t͡suo²¹³/
	Tianjin	/t͡suo¹³/
	Jinan	/t͡suə²¹/
	Qingdao	/t͡suə²¹³/
	Zhengzhou	/t͡suo⁵³/
	Xi'an	/t͡suo⁵³/
	Xining	/t͡su⁵³/
	Yinchuan	/t͡suə⁵³/
	Lanzhou	/t͡suə⁴⁴²/
	Ürümqi	/t͡suɤ⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/t͡suo⁴²/
	Chengdu	/t͡so⁵³/
	Guiyang	/t͡so⁴²/
	Kunming	/t͡so⁵³/
	Nanjing	/t͡so²¹²/
	Hefei	/t͡sʊ²⁴/
Jin	Taiyuan	/t͡sɤ⁵³/
	Pingyao	/t͡ɕie̞³⁵/
	Hohhot	/t͡suɤ⁵³/
Wu	Shanghai	/t͡su³⁵/
	Suzhou	/t͡səu⁵¹³/
	Hangzhou	/t͡so⁵³/
	Wenzhou	/t͡sɤu³⁵/
Hui	Shexian	/t͡so³⁵/
Hui	Tunxi	/t͡so³¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/t͡so⁴¹/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/t͡so⁴²/
Gan	Nanchang	/t͡so²¹³/
Hakka	Meixian	/t͡so³¹/
Hakka	Taoyuan	/t͡so³¹/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/t͡sɔ³⁵/
	Nanning	/t͡sɔ³⁵/
	Hong Kong	/t͡sɔ³⁵/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/t͡so⁵³/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/t͡so³²/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/t͡sɔ²¹/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/t͡so⁵³/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/to²¹³/

Middle Chinese: /t͡sɑ^X/

Rime
Character	左
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	歌 (94)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	臧可切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sɑ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sɑ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sɑ^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sa^X/
Li Rong	/t͡sɑ^X/
Wang Li	/t͡sɑ^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡sɑ^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zuǒ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zo²

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*tsˤa[j]ʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*ʔsaːlʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	左
Reading #	1/3
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zuǒ
Middle Chinese	‹ tsa^X ›
Old Chinese	/*tsˁa[j]ʔ/
English	left (side)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	左
Reading #	1/2
No.	18004
Phonetic component	左
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	左
Old Chinese	/*ʔsaːlʔ/

Definitions[සංස්කරණය]

左

left (direction)
左手 ― zuǒshǒu ― left hand
east; areas to the east
江左 ― jiāngzuǒ ― area east of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River
(historical) inferior position
unorthodox; wrong
erroneously; mistakingly
你想左了。 ― Nǐ xiǎng zuǒ le. ― You are mistaken.
different; divided; inconsistent
相左 ― xiàngzuǒ ― to conflict with each other; to fail to agree
(politics) left-wing
(chemistry) levo-
左多巴 ― zuǒduōbā ― levodopa
(Sichuanese, of singing) out of tune; off-key
(Southwestern Mandarin, including Sichuanese) to exchange
(Min Dong) devious, dishonest
(Xiang) wrong; incorrect
a surname from ප්‍රංශ
左宗棠 ― Zuǒ Zōngtáng ― Zuo Zongtang (Qing dynasty Chinese statesman and military leader)

භාවිත සටහන්[සංස්කරණය]

In socialist nations e.g. mainland China, 左 is usually (not necessarily) put in quotation marks when referring to the leftism further to the correct party line.

සමාන පද[සංස්කරණය]

Dialectal synonyms of 左 (“left”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		左
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		左
Mandarin	Beijing	左
	Taiwan	左
	Tianjin	左
	Chengde	左
	Tangshan	左
	Cangzhou	左
	Baoding	左
	Shijiazhuang	左
	Chifeng	左
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	左
	Heihe	左
	Qiqihar	左
	Harbin	左
	Jiamusi	左
	Baicheng	左
	Changchun	左
	Tonghua	左
	Shenyang	左
	Dandong	左
	Jinzhou	左
	Dalian	左
	Yantai	左
	Qingdao	左
	Lijin	左
	Zhucheng	左
	Jinan	左
	Jining	左
	Wanrong	左
	Shangqiu	左
	Yuanyang	左
	Zhengzhou	左
	Lingbao	左
	Xinyang	左
	Baihe	左
	Hanzhong	左
	Xi'an	左
	Baoji	左
	Yinchuan	左
	Tianshui	左
	Lanzhou	左
	Dunhuang	左
	Xining	左
	Hami	左
	Ürümqi	左
	Wuhan	左
	Yichang	左
	Xiangyang	左
	Tianmen	左
	Hong'an	左
	Chengdu	左
	Nanchong	左
	Dazhou	左
	Hanyuan	左
	Xichang	左
	Zigong	左
	Chongqing	左
	Guiyang	左
	Zunyi	左
	Bijie	左
	Liping	左
	Zhaotong	左
	Dali	左
	Kunming	左
	Mengzi	左
Guilin	左
Liuzhou	左
Jishou	左
Changde	左
Anqing	左
Xuzhou	左
Fuyang	左
Wuhu	左
Yangzhou	左
Lianyungang	左
Lianshui	左
Nanjing	左
Hefei	左
Nantong	左
Malaysia	左
Singapore	左
Cantonese	Guangzhou	左
	Hong Kong	左
	Macau	左
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	左
	Singapore (Guangfu)	左
Gan	Nanchang	左
Gan	Lichuan	左
Huizhou	Shexian	左
Jin	Taiyuan	左
	Yangyuan	左
	Datong	左
	Xinzhou	左
	Lishi	左
	Linfen	左
	Changzhi	左
	Linhe	左
	Jining	左
	Hohhot	左
	Erenhot	左
	Pingshan	左
	Zhangjiakou	左
	Handan	左
	Linzhou	左
	Suide	左
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	左
Southern Min	Xiamen	倒
	Quanzhou	倒
	Zhangzhou	倒
	Taipei	倒
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	倒
	Kaohsiung	倒
	Yilan	倒
	Changhua (Lukang)	倒
	Taichung	倒
	Tainan	倒
	Hsinchu	倒
	Kinmen	倒
	Penghu (Magong)	倒
	Penang (Hokkien)	倒
	Singapore (Hokkien)	倒
	Manila (Hokkien)	倒
	Chaozhou	倒
	Shantou	倒
	Jieyang	倒
	Singapore (Teochew)	倒
	Wenchang	左
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	左

Dialectal synonyms of 錯 (“wrong”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		過誤, 誤, 謬, 謬誤, 訛
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		錯, 不對, 錯誤
Mandarin	Beijing	錯, 左
	Taiwan	錯, 不對
	Jinan	錯, 差
	Xi'an	錯
	Ürümqi	錯
	Wuhan	錯, 左
	Chengdu	錯, 拐
	Guilin	錯
	Yangzhou	錯
	Nanjing	差
	Hefei	錯
	Malaysia	錯, 不對
	Singapore	錯, 不對
Cantonese	Guangzhou	錯, 唔啱
	Hong Kong	錯, 唔啱
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	錯
	Macau	錯
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	錯
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	唔啱
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	錯
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	錯
	Foshan	錯
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	錯
	Foshan (Shunde)	錯
	Foshan (Sanshui)	錯, 唔啱
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	錯
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	錯
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	錯
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	錯
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	錯
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	錯
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	錯
	Taishan	錯
	Kaiping (Chikan)	錯
	Enping (Niujiang)	錯
	Heshan (Yayao)	錯
	Dongguan	錯
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	錯
	Yangjiang	錯
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	唔啱, 錯
	Singapore (Guangfu)	唔啱, 錯
Gan	Nanchang	錯
Gan	Lichuan	錯
Hakka	Meixian	差, 唔啱
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	錯
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	錯
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	錯
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	錯
	Conghua (Lütian)	錯
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	唔著
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	唔著
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	唔著
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	唔著
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	唔著
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	唔著
Jin	Taiyuan	錯, 不對, 差
Northern Min	Jian'ou	錯
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	賺
Eastern Min	Matsu	賺
Southern Min	Xiamen	賺, 毋著
	Quanzhou	賺, 毋著
	Shishi	賺
	Zhangzhou	賺, 毋著
	Zhao'an	毋著
	Taipei	毋著
	Kaohsiung	毋著
	Penang (Hokkien)	salah, 毋著, 賺
	Singapore (Hokkien)	salah, 毋著
	Manila (Hokkien)	毋著, 賺
	Chaozhou	賺
	Shantou	賺, 唔對, 唔著
	Jieyang	賺
	Singapore (Teochew)	salah, 唔著, 賺
	Leizhou	無著
	Wenchang	無著
	Haikou	錯
	Singapore (Hainanese)	無著
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	錯, 唔啱
Wu	Shanghai	錯
	Suzhou	錯
	Ningbo	錯, 賺
	Wenzhou	賺
	Jinhua	賺
Xiang	Changsha	錯, 左
Xiang	Shuangfeng	造, 錯

විරුද්ධ පද[සංස්කරණය]

右 (yòu, “right”)

Pronunciation 2[සංස්කරණය]

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zuǒ (zuo³)

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zuǒ
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zuǒ
  - Wade–Giles: tso³
  - Yale: dzwǒ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuoo
  - Palladius: цзо (czo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ²¹⁴/

Middle Chinese: /t͡sɑ^X/, /t͡sɑ^H/

Rime
Character	左	左
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	精 (13)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	歌 (94)	歌 (94)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	臧可切	則箇切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sɑ^X/	/t͡sɑ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sɑ^X/	/t͡sɑ^H/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sɑ^X/	/t͡sɑ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sa^X/	/t͡sa^H/
Li Rong	/t͡sɑ^X/	/t͡sɑ^H/
Wang Li	/t͡sɑ^X/	/t͡sɑ^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡sɑ^X/	/t͡sɑ^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zuǒ	zuò
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zo²	zo³

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*tsˤa[j]ʔ/, /*tsˤarʔ-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*ʔsaːlʔ/, /*ʔsaːls/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	左	左
Reading #	2/3	3/3
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zuǒ	zuǒ
Middle Chinese	‹ tsa^X ›	‹ tsa^H ›
Old Chinese	/*tsˁa[j]ʔ/	/*tsˁarʔ-s/
English	assist	assist
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	左	左
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	18004	18006
Phonetic component	左	左
Rime group	歌	歌
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	左	佐
Old Chinese	/*ʔsaːlʔ/	/*ʔsaːls/

Definitions[සංස්කරණය]

左

සැකිල්ල:† සැකිල්ල:zh-original

Compounds[සංස්කරණය]

Descendants[සංස්කරණය]

Sino-Xenic (左):

→ ජපන්: 左(さ) (sa)
→ කොරියානු: 좌(左) (jwa)
→ වියට්නාම: tả (左)

Others:

→ Ahom: 𑜏𑜩 (say, “left”)
→ Bouyei: soix (“left”)
→ ඉංග්‍රීසි: Tso, Zuo
→ ලාඕ: ຊ້າຍ (sāi, “left”)
→ Shan: သၢႆႉ (sâ̰ai, “left”)
→ තායි: ซ้าย (sáai, “left”)
→ Zhuang: swix (“left”)

මූලාශ්‍ර[සංස්කරණය]

“左”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學／香港中文大学 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A01151

ජපන්[සංස්කරණය]

Kanji[සංස්කරණය]

左

(grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings[සංස්කරණය]

Go-on: さ (sa, Jōyō)
Kan-on: さ (sa, Jōyō)
Kun: ひだり (hidari, 左, Jōyō); と (to, 左)

වෙනත් ආකාර[සංස්කරණය]

㔫

Compounds[සංස්කරණය]

නිරුක්තිය 1[සංස්කරණය]

Kanji in this term
左
ひだり Grade: 1
kun’yomi

/hidari/: *[pidari] → [ɸidari] → [çidari].

From Old Japanese. First attested in the Kojiki of 712 CE.^[1] From Proto-Japonic *pintari.

උච්චාරණය[සංස්කරණය]

(Tokyo) ひだり [hìdárí] (Heiban – [0])^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [çida̠ɾʲi]

නාම පදය[සංස්කරණය]

左(ひだり) (hidari)

(direction) left, the side of the left hand
- සැකිල්ල:RQ:Nippo Jisho
- 1999 අගෝස්තු 10, “:සැකිල්ල:ruby [Left Arm of the Sealed One]”, in 幻の召喚神 [Phantom God], Konami:
  
  封(ふう)印(いん)された左(ひだり)腕(うで)。封(ふう)印(いん)を解(と)くと、無(む)限(げん)の力(ちから)を得(え)られる。
  Fūinsareta hidariude. Fūin o toku to, mugen no chikara o erareru.
  A sealed left arm. Whosoever breaks the seal shall earn infinite power.
(politics) a leftist

විරුද්ධ පද[සංස්කරණය]

(left): 右(みぎ) (migi, “right”)

ව්‍යුත්පන්න යෙදුම්[සංස්කරණය]

නිරුක්තිය 2[සංස්කරණය]

Kanji in this term
左
さ Grade: 1
on’yomi

Middle Chinese 左

උච්චාරණය[සංස්කරණය]

(Tokyo) さ [sáꜜ] (Atamadaka – [1])^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [sa̠]

නාම පදය[සංස්කරණය]

左(さ) (sa)

the left in vertical writing
the following (one)
- සැකිල්ල:RQ:I am a cat:
  吾(わが)輩(はい)はまず彼(かれ)がどのくらい無(む)学(がく)であるかを試(ため)してみようと思(おも)って左(さ)の問(もん)答(どう)をして見(み)た。
  Wagahai wa mazu kare ga dono kurai mugaku de aru ka o tameshite miyō to omotte sa no mondō o shite mita.
  To judge just how uneducated he was, I posed the following question.

Prefix[සංස්කරණය]

左(さ) (sa-)

to the left; on the left side
(history, government) "of the left", senior or superior to 右 (u-, “of the right”)
左(さ)衛(え)門(もん)
Saemon
the Gate Guard of the Left

左(さ)大(だい)臣(じん)
Sadaijin
the Minister of the Left

මූලාශ්‍ර[සංස්කරණය]

↑ සැකිල්ල:R:Nihon Kokugo Daijiten 2
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 2006, 大辞林 (දයිජිරින්), තෙවන සංස්කරණය (ජපන් බසින්), තෝක්‍යෝ: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK ජපන් උච්චාරණ ඇක්සන්ට් ශබ්දකෝෂය) (ජපන් බසින්), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

සැකිල්ල:R:Nippo Jisho

කොරියානු[සංස්කරණය]

නිරුක්තිය[සංස්කරණය]

From Middle Chinese 左 (MC t͡sɑ^X).

Historical readings
සැකිල්ල:hanja-dongguk සැකිල්ල:hanja-hunmong

උච්චාරණය[සංස්කරණය]

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕwa̠(ː)]
Phonetic hangul: [좌(ː)]
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Hanja[සංස්කරණය]

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

[[wikisource:ko:Special:Search/"左"|左]]

Wikisource

左 (eumhun 왼 좌 (oen jwa))

Hanja form^? of 좌 (“left (direction)”).

ව්‍යුත්පන්න යෙදුම්[සංස්කරණය]

Compounds

좌파 (左派, jwapa)
좌우 (左右, jwau)
좌익 (左翼, jwaik)
좌천 (左遷, jwacheon)
좌측 (左側, jwacheuk)
좌향좌 (左向左, jwahyangjwa)
좌수사 (左水使, jwasusa)
좌승지 (左承旨, jwaseungji)
좌익수 (左翼手, jwaiksu)
좌의정 (左議政, jwauijeong)
좌우지간 (左右之間, jwaujigan)
좌지우지 (左之右之, jwajiuji)

මූලාශ්‍ර[සංස්කරණය]

국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [2]

Okinawan[සංස්කරණය]

Kanji in this term
左
ひじゃい Grade: 1
kun’yomi

නිරුක්තිය[සංස්කරණය]

From Proto-Ryukyuan *pidari, from Proto-Japonic *pintari. Cognate with ජපන් 左 (hidari).

නාම පදය[සංස්කරණය]

左(ひじゃい) (hijai)

(direction) left

Vietnamese[සංස්කරණය]

Han character[සංස්කරණය]

左: Hán Nôm readings: tả, tá

left (direction)

[1] සැකිල්ල:R:Nihon Kokugo Daijiten 2

[DJR-2] 2.0 ^2.1 2006, 大辞林 (දයිජිරින්), තෙවන සංස්කරණය (ජපන් බසින්), තෝක්‍යෝ: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-3] 3.0 ^3.1 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK ජපන් උච්චාරණ ඇක්සන්ට් ශබ්දකෝෂය) (ජපන් බසින්), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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