Read Edit View history 左 zuǒZuǒ HSK1 left Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Pictograph of a left hand. The 工 (work) component was added later to represent the meaning "help; assist", now written as 佐. Pinyin Separate values with commas zuǒ × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 左 Simp strokes 左 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 左 Simp strokes 左 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 左 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 267, 537 ], [ 291, 529 ], [ 357, 528 ], [ 521, 555 ], [ 701, 594 ], [ 757, 594 ] ], [ [ 470, 826 ], [ 519, 780 ], [ 512, 707 ], [ 488, 594 ], [ 417, 422 ], [ 354, 312 ], [ 278, 211 ], [ 182, 117 ], [ 68, 38 ] ], [ [ 411, 319 ], [ 432, 312 ], [ 497, 313 ], [ 694, 352 ], [ 741, 349 ] ], [ [ 531, 293 ], [ 559, 264 ], [ 553, 116 ], [ 534, 101 ] ], [ [ 283, 53 ], [ 335, 43 ], [ 508, 66 ], [ 784, 90 ], [ 827, 85 ], [ 878, 68 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 490 526 Q 583 542 681 558 Q 754 571 765 581 Q 775 590 771 599 Q 764 612 733 621 Q 700 630 667 618 Q 591 596 508 576 L 451 565 Q 369 553 276 547 Q 236 543 264 523 Q 309 495 369 506 Q 400 512 433 516 L 490 526 Z", "M 433 516 Q 337 284 144 108 Q 66 45 65 37 Q 64 31 81 39 Q 283 127 406 351 Q 455 439 490 526 L 508 576 Q 508 577 509 578 Q 534 651 543 708 Q 547 741 567 773 Q 582 794 560 807 Q 530 828 490 837 Q 471 841 461 835 Q 454 828 461 810 Q 506 729 451 565 L 433 516 Z", "M 566 302 Q 738 335 746 339 Q 755 346 751 356 Q 744 368 714 376 Q 687 382 577 352 Q 483 334 419 329 Q 382 325 408 306 Q 447 279 509 292 Q 515 293 523 294 L 566 302 Z", "M 574 93 Q 592 276 593 276 Q 580 291 566 302 C 543 321 516 323 523 294 Q 532 266 527 88 C 526 58 571 63 574 93 Z", "M 527 88 Q 415 78 286 63 Q 264 62 280 43 Q 295 27 313 21 Q 335 15 353 19 Q 539 64 821 54 Q 842 54 863 53 Q 885 52 890 61 Q 897 74 879 89 Q 822 131 784 124 Q 705 111 574 93 L 527 88 Z" ] } 5 strokes 左 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "animcjk", "medians": [ [ [ 256, 537 ], [ 373, 531 ], [ 765, 599 ] ], [ [ 463, 831 ], [ 524, 770 ], [ 492, 607 ], [ 418, 415 ], [ 261, 185 ], [ 78, 46 ] ], [ [ 405, 319 ], [ 488, 313 ], [ 745, 353 ] ], [ [ 531, 297 ], [ 561, 262 ], [ 550, 81 ] ], [ [ 279, 56 ], [ 340, 44 ], [ 789, 90 ], [ 887, 68 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M494,526C556,536 615,547 681,558C729,567 757,575 765,581C771,587 773,595 771,599C766,609 751,616 733,621C709,628 689,625 667,618C616,603 567,586 512,576C470,569 470,569 449,565C393,556 338,552 276,547C249,545 243,535 264,523C323,491 372,507 431,516C473,523 473,523 494,526Z", "M431,516C361,326 253,186 83,58C53,35 68,39 93,46C236,91 398,261 494,526C506,559 506,559 512,576C540,655 548,710 569,769C574,786 573,799 560,807C538,822 514,832 490,837C475,840 467,840 461,835C455,831 454,823 461,810C488,757 488,674 449,565C437,532 437,532 431,516Z", "M566,302C680,324 741,336 746,339C752,344 754,351 751,356C746,366 733,372 714,376C695,381 651,370 577,352C514,338 461,333 419,329C394,327 390,319 408,306C433,288 463,288 499,290C507,291 517,293 523,294C552,299 552,299 566,302Z", "M574,93C586,215 597,265 593,276C588,290 577,295 566,302C553,310 520,308 523,294C529,276 530,207 527,88C527,72 574,77 574,93Z", "M527,88C452,80 372,73 286,63C271,62 268,56 280,43C288,33 300,25 313,21C327,17 341,17 353,19C477,49 633,61 821,54C835,54 849,54 863,53C877,53 886,55 890,61C894,70 890,80 879,89C840,118 809,129 784,124C731,115 661,103 574,93C543,90 543,90 527,88Z" ] } 5 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.