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zuǒ(zuo3) // pronunciation of 左 in Mandarin Pinyin

Basic information about 左

Unihan definition: left; east; unorthodox, improper

Number of strokes: 5
Examples of other characters consisting of 5 strokes: , , , , , , , , ,

Radical:  48.2

HSK level: 2
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Frequency rank: 782

General standard index number: 0214

Examples of words containing this character: 崇左, 左上, 左下, 左侧, 左传, 左倾, 左券, 左右, 左岸, 左思, 左手, 左拉, 左权, 左派, 左营, 左翼, 左联, 左舵, 左舷, 左袒, 左贡, 左转, 左近, 左边, 左镇

English translation (based on CEDICT):

左[Zuǒ]:
- surname Zuo
左[zuǒ]:
- left
- the Left (politics)
- east
- unorthodox
- queer
- wrong
- differing
- opposite
- variant of [zuo3]

Details

Unicode code point: U+5DE6

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