JLPT N5 · 5 strokes
Kanji 右: "right"
The kanji 右 means "right". It is written with 5 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N5, read ウ, ユウ in on'yomi and みぎ in kun'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ウユウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
みぎ
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | right |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 5 |
| JLPT level | N5 |
| Taught in Japan | grade 1 |
| Frequency rank | 602 of 2,501 |
Common words with 右
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 右right; right-hand side · right hand
- 右手right hand · right-hand side; right-hand direction; (on) the right
- 左右left and right; right and left · (asserting) control; influence; domination
- 右腕bras droit (membre) · bras droit, homme de confiance
- 右側right side; right-hand side
- 右足right foot · right leg
- 右肩right shoulder
- 右目right eye
- 右往左往moving about in confusion; going every which way; going this way and that
- 前後左右in all directions
- 右隣neighbour to the right (person, building, etc.)
- 回れ右right about-face
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