Kanji
左
Left
On'yomi
- さ sa
- しゃ sha
Kun'yomi
- ひだり hidari
Stroke count, radical and JLPT level of 左
左 has 5 strokes and its Kangxi radical is 工 (work), number 48. Hashidari places it at JLPT N5. Japanese students learn it in grade 1 of elementary school.
No official JLPT kanji list exists: the level is Hashidari's own placement. How we place kanji