Chinese

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left hand
simp. and trad.
(左手)
alternative forms 濟手济手 Wu

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Initial () (13) (26)
Final () (94) (136)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I III
Fanqie
Baxter tsaX syuwX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡sɑX/ /ɕɨuX/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡sɑX/ /ɕiuX/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡sɑX/ /ɕiəuX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/t͡saX/ /ɕuwX/
Li
Rong
/t͡sɑX/ /ɕiuX/
Wang
Li
/t͡sɑX/ /ɕĭəuX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/t͡sɑX/ /ɕi̯ə̯uX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
zuǒ shǒu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
zo2 sau2
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/3 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
zuǒ shǒu
Middle
Chinese
‹ tsaX › ‹ syuwX ›
Old
Chinese
/*tsˁa[j]ʔ/ /*n̥uʔ/
English left (side) hand

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 1/1
No. 18004 11665
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ʔsaːlʔ/ /*hnjɯwʔ/

Noun

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左手

  1. (anatomy) left hand
  2. Alternative form of 左首 (zuǒshǒu, left-hand side; left side)
  3. (dialectal Mandarin, dialectal Hakka) left-hander

Synonyms

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Antonyms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (左手):
  • Japanese: ()(しゅ) (sashu)

Japanese

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Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
ひだり
Grade: 1

Grade: 1
kun'yomi

From Old Japanese.

From (hidari, left) +‎ (te, hand).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(ひだり)() (hidarite

  1. (anatomy) the left hand
    Synonym: 弓手 (yunde)
  2. the left-hand side, left side
    Synonyms: 左側 (hidarigawa), 弓手 (yunde)
Antonyms
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Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
しゅ
Grade: 1
goon

From Middle Chinese 左手 (MC tsaX|tsaH syuwX).

Noun

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()(しゅ) (sashu

  1. (anatomy) the left hand
Antonyms
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Etymology 3

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Kanji in this term
Grade: 1 て > で
Grade: 1
jukujikun kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 左手 – see the following entry: 弓手

(The following entry is uncreated: 弓手.)

References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Old Japanese

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Etymology

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From (*pi1dari, left) +‎ (te, hand).

Noun

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左手 (*pi1darite) (kana ひだりて)

  1. the left hand
    • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 9, poem 1766:
      吾妹兒者久志呂爾有奈武左手乃吾奧手二纒而去麻師乎
      wagi1moko1 pa kusiro2 ni aranamu *pi1darite no2 waga oku no2 te ni maki1te inamasi wo
      Would that my love were a bracelet! Trying her to my left arm, I would start my journey.[1]

Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Peter H. Lee (1979) Celebration of Continuity: Themes in Classic East Asian Poetry, Harvard University Press; original from the University of Virginia, →ISBN, page 139