IDENTITY
右yòuright (side)
HSK 1Top 310
CORE MEANING
right (side)
- Part of speech
- noun
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.rightHSK1
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 口mouth radical (kǒu)
- strokes
- 5
- Structure
- semi-enclosed compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿸𠂇口
- hand
- mouth; the right hand that feeds
USAGE
Common words
右边yòubianright side
左右zuǒyòuabout; around
Graded examples
他在我的右边。Tā zài wǒ de yòubian.HSK2
He is on my right.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
LEARNING
Memory aid
The hand (𠂇) that brings food to the mouth (口) — the right, the eating hand.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #310
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
- Reviewed by
- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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