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左
Meaning
- left
- the Left (politics)
- east
Example sentence
举起左手。
Raise up your left hand.
The character 左
左 sets a hand over 工, a tool, where 右 sets one over 口. 左边 is the left side and 左手 the left hand; the pair together, 左右, means approximately when it follows a number — 五点左右.