Kanji · JLPT N5 · Level 4
右 right
- Meaning
- right
- On reading
- ウ・ユウ
- Kun reading
- みぎ
Memory hook
A hand over 口 (mouth): the hand most people lift to their mouth. ウ or ユウ in compounds, みぎ on its own.
Words that use 右
右
みぎ
right
右手
みぎて
right hand
How to write 右
Stroke order · 5 strokes
1
2
3
4
5
- 1. The sweep down to the left.
- 2. The horizontal across the middle.
- 3. The vertical through the centre.
- 4. Horizontal across the middle, then turn down on the right side.
- 5. The horizontal across the bottom.
Stroke data from KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
General rules
- Top to bottom, left to right.
- Horizontal strokes before crossing vertical ones (十 = horizontal, then vertical).
- Outside before inside - but close a box last (口).
- A vertical that passes all the way through comes last (中).
- Left-falling diagonal before right-falling (大).
右 is taught on day 14 of the kanji course, alongside 左 東 西, with two writing passes and a short quiz.