• 780th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 80 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
𠂇

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zuǒ (Zuo3)surname Zuo
2. zuǒ (zuo3)left • the Left (politics) • east • unorthodox • queer • wrong • differing • opposite • variant of 佐[zuo3]

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

左右 

Uncommon

向左 
左下 
左侧 (左側)
左右逢源 
左岸 
左手 
左撇子 
左转 (左轉)
左边 (左邊)
左顾右盼 (左顧右盼)

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  • 969th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 46 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. àn (an4)bank • shore • beach • coast • CL:個|个[ge4]

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words

Common

彼岸 
海岸 

Uncommon

上岸 
伟岸 (偉岸)
南岸 
口岸 
对岸 (對岸)
岸边 (岸邊)
左岸 
河岸 
沿岸 
海岸线 (海岸線)
道貌岸然 
靠岸 

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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