右

See also: 石 and 磊

右	U+53F3, 右 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53F3

← 史
[U+53F2]

CJK Unified Ideographs

叴 →
[U+53F4]

Translingual

Stroke order

Japanese stroke order

Han character

右 (radical 30, 口+2, 5 strokes, cangjie input 大口 (KR), four-corner 4060₀, composition ⿸𠂇口)

References

KangXi: page 173, character 5

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3250

Dae Jaweon: page 385, character 1

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 569, character 1

Unihan data for U+53F3

Chinese

simp. and trad.		右

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 右
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (又) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
絠	*kɯːʔ
醢	*qʰɯːʔ
珛	*qʰʷɯs
栯	ɢʷɯʔ, qʷɯ
有	*ɢʷɯʔ
友	*ɢʷɯʔ
右	ɢʷɯʔ, ɢʷɯs
宥	*ɢʷɯs
囿	ɢʷɯs, ɡʷɯ
侑	*ɢʷɯs
酭	*ɢʷɯs
姷	*ɢʷɯs
又	*ɢʷɯs
佑	*ɢʷɯs
祐	*ɢʷɯs
賄	*qʰʷɯːʔ
蛕	qʰʷɯːʔ, ɡʷɯː
烠	*ɡʷɯː
倄	ɢraːw, ɢʷɯːʔ
鮪	*ɢʷɯʔ
洧	*ɢʷɯʔ
痏	*ɢʷɯʔ
郁	*qʷɯ
戫	*qʷɯ
哊	*ɡʷɯ

Originally 又 (OC *ɢʷɯs, “right hand”) in the oracle bone script.

In bronze inscriptions, a 口 (“mouth; speech”) component was added, perhaps with the intention of indicating the use of 又 (OC *ɢʷɯs, “again”) is a phonetic loan. In other words, the current form is a phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɢʷɯʔ, *ɢʷɯs) : phonetic 又 (OC *ɢʷɯs) + semantic 口.

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-(j/r)a (“right (hand)”).

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yòu (you⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yu
Min Dong (BUC): iêu
Min Nan (POJ): iū
Wu (Wiktionary): hhieu (T3)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: yòu
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˋ
  - Wade–Giles: yu⁴
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yow
  - IPA ^(key): /i̯oʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jau⁶
  - Yale: yauh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: yeo⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯²²/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yu
  - Hakka Romanization System: iu
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yiu⁴
  - IPA: /i̯u⁵⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yu
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)iu
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yiu⁴
  - IPA: /(j)i̯u⁵⁵/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: iêu
  - IPA ^(key): /iɛu²⁴²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iū
  - Tâi-lô: iū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iu
  - IPA (Xiamen): /iu²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /iu⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /iu²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /iu³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iu³³/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: hhieu (T3)
  - IPA ^(key): /ɦiɜ²³/

Middle Chinese: /ɦɨu^X/▼

Rime
Character	右
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	云 (35)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	云久切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦɨu^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦiu^X/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣiəu^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦuw^X/
Li Rong	/ɣiu^X/
Wang Li	/ɣĭəu^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯ə̯u^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yǒu

Old Chinese▼
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ]ʷəʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷɯʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	右
Reading #	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yòu
Middle Chinese	‹ hjuw^X ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɢ]ʷəʔ/
English	right 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	右
Reading #	1/2
No.	15597
Phonetic component	又
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	有
Old Chinese	/*ɢʷɯʔ/

Definitions

右

right (direction)
右手 ― yòushǒu ― right hand
west; areas to the west
(historical) right side as the side of precedence
(politics) right-wing
A surname.

Antonyms

左 (zuǒ, “left”)

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yòu (you⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: yòu
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˋ
  - Wade–Giles: yu⁴
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yow
  - IPA ^(key): /i̯oʊ̯⁵¹/

Middle Chinese: /ɦɨu^H/▼

Rime
Character	右
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	云 (35)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	于救切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦɨu^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦiu^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣiəu^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦuw^H/
Li Rong	/ɣiu^H/
Wang Li	/ɣĭəu^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯ə̯u^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yòu

Old Chinese▼
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ]ʷəʔ-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷɯs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	右
Reading #	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yòu
Middle Chinese	‹ hjuw^H ›
Old Chinese	/[ɢ]ʷəʔ-s/ (~ m-qʷəʔ)
English	right 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	右
Reading #	2/2
No.	15604
Phonetic component	又
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	宥
Old Chinese	/*ɢʷɯs/

Definitions

右

Original form of 佑 (yòu).
Original form of 祐 (yòu).
to take sb's side
Alternative form of 侑 (yòu).

Compounds

不左不右
反右運動／反右运动
右丞
右側／右侧 (yòucè)
右側通行／右侧通行
右傾／右倾 (yòuqīng)
右列
右利
右史
右地
右姓
右學／右学
右師／右师
右廣／右广
右心室 (yòuxīnshì)
右心房 (yòuxīnfáng)
右戚
右手 (yòushǒu)
右文
右方
右族
右武
右派 (yòupài)

右相
右端
右翼 (yòuyì)
右翼分子 (yòuyì fènzǐ)
右職／右职
右行
右軍／右军 (yòujūn)
右輔／右辅
右轉／右转 (yòuzhuǎn)
右邊／右边 (yòubiān)
如左右手
左來右去／左来右去
左右 (zuǒyòu)
左右兩難／左右两难
左右前後／左右前后
左右夾攻／左右夹攻
左右手 (zuǒyòushǒu)
左右支絀／左右支绌
左右為難／左右为难
左右翼
左右袒
左右逢源
左右開弓／左右开弓

左圖右史／左图右史 (zuǒtúyòushǐ)
左宜右有
左思右想 (zuǒsīyòuxiǎng)
左挈右提
左提右挈
左擁右抱／左拥右抱 (zuǒyōngyòubào)
左支右吾
左支右絀／左支右绌
左縈右拂／左萦右拂
左衝右突／左冲右突 (zuǒchōngyòutū)
左輔右弼／左辅右弼
左遮右攩
左鄰右舍／左邻右舍 (zuǒlín-yòushè)
左顧右盼／左顾右盼
座右銘／座右铭 (zuòyòumíng)
江右 (Jiāngyòu)
河右
無出其右／无出其右
男左女右
硯右／砚右
豪右
車右／车右
鄰右／邻右

Japanese

Kanji

右

(grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

Goon: う (u, Jōyō)
Kan’on: ゆう (yū, Jōyō)
Kun: みぎ (migi, 右, Jōyō)

Kanji in this term
右
みぎ Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Noun

右 (hiragana みぎ, rōmaji migi)

(direction) the right
- 1999 July 22, “封ふう印いんされし者ものの右みぎ足あし [Right Leg of the Sealed One]”, in Vol.4 (in Japanese), Konami:
  封 (ふう)印 (いん)された右 (みぎ)足 (あし)。封 (ふう)印 (いん)を解 (と)くと、無 (む)限 (げん)の力 (ちから)を得 (え)られる。
  Fūinsareta migiashi. Fūin o toku to, mugen no chikara o erareru.
  A sealed right leg. Whosoever breaks the seal shall earn infinite power.
above statement; foregoing
(politics) the right wing; a rightist

Antonyms

(right): 左 (ひだり) (hidari, “left”)

Derived terms

Korean

Hanja

右 • (u)

Eumhun:
- Sound (hangeul): 우 (McCune–Reischauer: u)
- Name (hangeul): 오른쪽

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Vietnamese

Han character

右 (hữu)

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