左
zuǒ HSK1

left

左 zuǒ
left adjectivenoun
left; the left side; toward the left; to the left of

你们更喜欢左还是右？

nǐ​men gèng xǐ​huan zuǒ hái​shi yòu?

Do you prefer left or right?

contrary verb
differing; contrary; opposite; (of opinions) at odds
politically left
(of politics or thought) progressive; radical; liberal; revolutionary; left-leaning
mistaken
wrong; incorrect; mistaken; (of thought or speech) off the mark
unorthodox
unorthodox; heretical; odd; queer
(bound form) east
(bound form) east; the eastern direction (traditionally defined by facing south)
lower rank
(bound form) inferior; lower in status or rank; (literary) to demote
to assist
to assist; to aid; to accompany; (variant of 佐 zuǒ)
Zuo
a Chinese surname

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Frequency
Character
Written text
782nd most common 235.5 per million
Movie subtitles
972nd most common 110.2 per million appears in 40% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
52.9 per million appears in 14% of films
Written text
108.0 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 2
HSK 3.0
Level 1
Strokes
5
Unicode
U+5DE6

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)