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4 左手 Left Hand

Part of Speech

Noun

Reading

ひだりて

  • Kyoko(Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi(Tokyo accent, male)

Context Sentences

あねの左手には、ほくろがある。

My older sister has a mole on her left hand.

左手を上げてください。

Please raise your left hand.

左手に、でんきゅうのタトゥーをほった。

I got a light bulb tattoo on my left hand.

Meaning Explanation

The kanji for "left" and the kanji for "hand." Put them together and you have a left hand.

Reading Explanation

This is a jukugo word, which usually means on'yomi readings from the kanji. This word, however, uses the kun'yomi readings, combined. This is possibly because of 手, which is a body part. When a body part is present in a word, oftentimes it gets changed over to kun'yomi reading for who knows what reason. Either way, both kanji use the reading you learned in this word, so you should already know it.

Utilized Kanji

  • 左
    • さ
    • Left
  • 手
    • て
    • Hand
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