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Japanese language learning information including:

Hiragana - pronunciation and writing
Katakana - pronunciation and writing
Kanji - grades 1-6 (教育漢字 Kyōiku kanji)
Vocabulary - nouns, verbs, adverbs, and adjectives
 
Kanji Grade 1 - 左

Kanji character Grade 1 左. Writing practice along with onyomi and kunyomi readings.

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Kanji Grade 1 - 左
 
About
left
Kun: ひだり
On: サ、 シャ
5 strokes
Radical: work 工
Parts: 一 ノ 工
 
Onyomi
左 【サ】 left (esp. in vertical Japanese writing), the following
左右 【サユウ】 left and right, right and left, (asserting) control, influence, domination, one's attendants, people accompanying one, (serving at somebody's) side, equivocation
極左 【キョクサ】 extreme left, ultraleft
最左 【サイサ】 left-most
左官 【サカン】 plasterer
 
Kunyomi
左 【ひだり】 left, left hand side
左腕 【さわん】 left arm, left-handed (baseball pitcher)
向かって左 【むかってひだり】 on the left as one faces (it)
同左 【どうひだり】 same as on the left