右
right
右 depicts a hand with 口(a mouth) next to it. Since right hand is stronger and more agile among two hands , we use it to do most of our works while the production of food is the most important, so 囗 is added to represent it is our right hand or the right. On the other hand, 又 is the origin of 右. In the past, 又 meant right hand, but after 右 had been invented, 又 solely meant also. Now 右 and 又 share the same pronunciation, it can be seen as an evidence of such evolution.
Vocabulary of 右
- 右眼 (right eye)
Classification
Related Characters:
3口
mouth5史
history5右right5㕣pond5句
sentence5古old5召summon6合
close6吏
government official6向direction6同same6名name6吃eat7告tell7君monarch7吹
blow7吠bark7吵quarrel7含hold in the mouth7吟groan7否not7呂
vertebrae7吾I8咋shout8咼lopsided8呬gasp8呢whisper9咸all9咬bite9咧grin9品rank10哺feed10哲wisdom10哭cry10員member10哨sentry10哽
choking11唱sing11唬scare11啜sip11唸read aloud11噤
silent11執grasp12喋
chatter12喢drink12單single12喘gasp12喊shout13嗅smell13嗌throat13命order13嗔angry13嗇stingy14嘗
taste14嘆sigh15噴spray15噓exhale17嚐
taste17嚇frighten18嚮guide21囂clamor