IDENTITY
左zuǒleft
HSK 1Top 360
CORE MEANING
left
- Part of speech
- noun
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.leftHSK1
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 工work radical (gōng)
- strokes
- 5
- Structure
- semi-enclosed compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿸𠂇工
- hand
- work; the left hand that helps work
USAGE
Common words
左边zuǒbianleft side
左右zuǒyòuabout; around
Graded examples
请往左走。Qǐng wǎng zuǒ zǒu.HSK2
Please walk to the left.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
LEARNING
Memory aid
The hand (𠂇) that holds the tool (工) — the left, the working hand.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #360
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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