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left 左
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Used in these characters:
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左
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JLPT HSK 2 |
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| left, unorthodox
zuǒ
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左
工
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Left: hand  /彐, right: build, work 工 (image of a carpenter's square)
The hand that assists, (=supports with the carpenter's square) is the left.
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惰
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| laziness, lazy
duò
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忄
惰
左
肉
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Left: feeling 忄, right: left 左, body 月/肉
(When you are a right-handed person:) I feel that my left body (= left half of the body) is lazy.
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髓
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JLPT no HSK |
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| marrow (spinal or plant's stem), essence, pith
suǐ
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骨
惰
辶
左
月
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Left: skeleton 骨, right: 遀 (movement 辶, part of lazy 惰 [I feel 忄, that the left 左 [half] of my body 月 is lazy])
The skeleton has during movement sth. lazy: The marrow.
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佐
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JLPT no HSK |
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| to assist, assistant, aide, to accompany
zuǒ
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亻
左
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Left: person 亻/人, right: left 左 (The hand that supports when building 工)
The person at left assists.
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