右

right

5 strokes. Taught in grade 1. Newspaper frequency rank 602.

Readings

• みぎ (kun reading): 右 (みぎ) right; 右手 (みぎて) right hand
• ウ (on reading): 右岸 (うがん) right bank (of a river); 右翼 (うよく) right wing
• ユウ (on reading): 左右 (さゆう) left and right; 座右 (ざゆう) (by) one's side
• Read as a whole word: 左見右見 (とみこうみ) looking from one place to another

Components

• 丆
• 口
• ノ radical slash, katakana no
• 一 radical one
• 口 radical mouth

Kanji containing 右

• 若 young
• 祐 help
• 佑 help
• 醢 salted meat

Words using 右

• 右 (みぎ) right
• 右手 (みぎて) right hand
• 右側 (みぎがわ) right side
• 右足 (みぎあし) right foot
• 右腕 (みぎうで) right arm
• 右岸 (うがん) right bank (of a river)
• 右翼 (うよく) right wing
• 右派 (うは) right wing
• 右翼手 (うよくしゅ) right fielder
• 右図 (うず) the right figure (diagram, illustration, chart, graph, etc.)
• 左右 (さゆう) left and right
• 座右 (ざゆう) (by) one's side
• 左右対称 (さゆうたいしょう) bilateral symmetry
• 左右非対称 (さゆうひたいしょう) bilateral asymmetry
• 左右盲 (さゆうもう) left-right confusion
• 左見右見 (とみこうみ) looking from one place to another
• 五右衛門風呂 (ごえもんぶろ) bath heated directly from beneath, with a floating wooden lid on which the bather sits causing it to sink
• 骨皮筋右衛門 (ほねかわすじえもん) reduced to skin and bones

152 words in all.

Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists