EntryCommon
  1. Noun

    wearing a kimono with the right side over the left (normally used only for the dead)

  2. downturn; recession; economic adversity; being in a bad financial situation

  3. front left; front and left; before and left

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Characters in this word

2
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left

Kun
ひだり
On
シャ
Strokes
5
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N5
Frequency
630 of 2500
Radical
work
WaniKani
Level 2

Built from

Used in names as

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
3-2-3SKIP code
0a5.20The Kanji Dictionary
4001.1Four corner code
1472deroo
5de6Unicode hex code
1-26-24JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1455Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1535New Nelson (John Haig)
2974New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3692Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1887Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2567Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
77Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
81Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
477A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
169Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
87Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
8720Morohashi
22A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
75Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
75Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
18sakade
50Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
21henshall3
39Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
374crowley
36Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
3.12busy_people
552Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
77Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
zuo3Pinyin reading
jwaKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
2WaniKani level
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in front, before

Kun
まえ-まえ
On
ゼン
Strokes
9
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N5
Frequency
27 of 2500
Radical
knife
WaniKani
Level 6

Built from

Used in names as

さきさとまい

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
2-3-6, 2-2-7SKIP code
2o7.3The Kanji Dictionary
8022.1Four corner code
943deroo
524dUnicode hex code
1-33-16JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
595Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
490New Nelson (John Haig)
2266New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2819Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1453Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1957Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
290Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
309Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
38A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
921Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
139Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
2011XMorohashi
159A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
47Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
47Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
102sakade
23Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
177henshall3
182Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
53crowley
29Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.3busy_people
196Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
296Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
qian2Pinyin reading
jeonKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
6WaniKani level