右 (yòu)

right (direction)

How 右 is written

Strokes
5
Radical
𠂇 — left hand
Traditional
右
Simplified
右 (unchanged)

Components

Common words using 右

右邊 yòubian
right side; right, to the right
左右 zuǒyòu
left and right; approximately; attendant
右側 yòucè
right side
右手 yòushǒu
right hand; right-hand side
向右 xiàngyòu
facing right; rightwards; to the right
左右逢源 zuǒyòuféngyuán
lit. to strike water right and left (idiom); fig. to turn everything into gold; to have everything going one's way
反右 fǎnyòu
anti-rightist; abbr. for 反右派鬥爭|反右派斗争[fan3 you4 pai4 dou4 zheng1]
右上 yòushàng
upper right
右下 yòuxià
lower right
右傾 yòuqīng
right-deviation
右方 yòufāng
right-hand side; credit side of a balance sheet; also 貸方|贷方
右江 yòujiāng
Youjiang district of Baise city 百色市[Bai3 se4 shi4], Guangxi

右 in a sentence

到前面的路口請向右轉。

Dào qiánmiàn de lùkǒu qǐng xiàng yòu zhuǎn.

“Please turn right at the intersection ahead.”

How common is 右?

右 is the 781st most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 84.9% of all running text.

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