左
zuǒZuǒ HSK1

left

左 zuǒ frequency
left directional
the left-hand side or direction

他坐在我的左边。

tā zuò zài wǒ de zuǒ bian.

He is sitting to my left.

differing verb
wrong, unorthodox, or at variance with something else

他们两人的意见相左。

tā​men liǎng rén de yì​jiàn xiāng zuǒ.

The two of them have conflicting opinions.

east proper name
the direction of east (used in ancient geographical terms)

江左自古以来就是富庶之地。

Jiāng zuǒ zì​gǔ​yǐ​lái jiù shì fù​shù zhī dì.

Jiangzuo has been a prosperous region since ancient times.

political Left adjective
referring to leftist or progressive political views

这篇文章的观点比较偏左。

zhè piān wén​zhāng de guān​diǎn bǐ​jiào piān zuǒ.

The viewpoint of this article is somewhat left-leaning.

左 Zuǒ
Zuo proper name
surname Zuo

左先生是我们的新邻居。

Zuǒ xiān​sheng shì wǒ​men de xīn lín​jū.

Mr. Zuo is our new neighbor.

Cross-References

Variant of

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
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)