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左
Zuǒ
1. surname Zuo
Very Common • Top 1% ✏️ 5 strokes Noun

Character Breakdown (Single character)

左
zuǒ
left; unorthodox, improper
HSK 2 5 丶

Compound Words (20)

左权
Zuǒquán
Zuoquan county in Jinzhong [[晉中|晋中<Jìnzhōng>]], Shanxi
左贡
Zuǒgòng
Zogang county, Tibetan: Mdzo sgang rdzong, in Chamdo prefecture [[昌都地區|昌都地区<Chāngdūdìqū>]], Tibet
左首
zuǒshǒu
left-hand side
左券
zuǒquàn
a sure thing
左右
zuǒyòu
left and right
HSK 4
左面
zuǒmiàn
left side
相左
xiāngzuǒ
to fail to meet each other
邻左
línzuǒ
neighbor
崇左
Chóngzuǒ
Chongzuo prefecture level city in Guangxi
左岸
Zuǒàn
Left Bank (in Paris)
左思
ZuǒSī
Zuo Si (3rd century), Jin dynasty writer and poet
左手
zuǒshǒu
left hand
左拉
Zuǒlā
Zola (name)
左上
zuǒshàng
upper left
左袒
zuǒtǎn
to take sides with
左下
zuǒxià
lower left
左派
zuǒpài
(political) left
左营
Zuǒyíng
Zuoying or Tsoying district of Kaohsiung city [[高雄市<Gāoxióngshì>]], south Taiwan
左翼
zuǒyì
left-wing (political)
左联
ZuǒLián
the League of the Left-Wing Writers, an organization of writers formed in China in 1930

Alternate Entries

左
zuǒ
left / the Left (politics) / east / unorthodox / queer / wrong / differing / opposite / variant of [[佐<zuǒ>]]

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
2
Character Frequency Rank
781
Word Frequency Rank
1,187 of 84,292