左 Kanji for left

N5Grade 15 strokes

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左 is the Japanese kanji for left. It is written with 5 strokes and appears at JLPT level N5. Its kun reading is ひだり and its on reading is サ、シャ.

Stroke order

左ひだりleft, left-hand side
左さ翼よくleft wing
左さ右ゆうleft and right, right and left
左ひだり手てleft hand
左ひだり腕うでleft arm
左ひだり前まえwearing a kimono with the right side over the left (normally used only for the dead)

Practice 左 with brush strokes, spaced repetition and quizzes in the app.