左手

Chinese

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Pronunciation

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Noun

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

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Antonyms

Derived terms

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (左手):
  • → Japanese: Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Japanese

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
左 手
ひだり
Grade: 1		 て
Grade: 1
kun’yomi

From Old Japanese.

From 左 (hidari, “left”) +‎ 手 (te, “hand”).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ひだりて [hìdáríté] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [çida̠ɾʲite̞]

Noun

左(ひだり)手(て) • (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

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
左 手
さ
Grade: 1		 しゅ
Grade: 1
goon

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

Noun

左(さ)手(しゅ) • (sashu) 

  1. (anatomy) the left hand
Antonyms

Etymology 3
Kanji in this term
左 手
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
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Old Japanese

Etymology

From 左 (*pi1dari, “left”) +‎ 手 (te, “hand”).

Noun

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
  • Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

References
  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
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