Memory phrase for the Kanji: 右

右

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Meaning

right side, on the right

Pronunciation

 yòu

Explanation

 Top: hand /彐, below: mouth 口

Mnemonic
The hand for the mouth (= You eat with it.), is your right.

Radicals

右 right side
handA hand with the forearm at the right and fingers stretched out to the left.
口 mouth, openingThis is a small square. If it is bigger: 囗, it is an enclosure.
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Vocabulary

 右手  yòu shǒu  right hand; right-hand side
 向右  xiàng yòu  facing right; rightwards; to the right
 右边  yòu bian  right side; right, to the right
 右派  yòu pài  (political) right; right wing; rightist
 左右  zuǒ yòu  left and right; approximately; attendant; to control; to influence
 左右  zuǒ yòu  

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