Memory phrase for the character: 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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