Word Meaning 左右

さう sau

左右 is read as さう (sau) and means (serving at someone's) side.

Meaning

English

  1. (serving at someone's) side
  2. equivocation
  3. left and right
  4. right and left
  5. one's attendants
  6. people accompanying one
  7. (asserting) control
  8. influence

Reading

Kana

さう

Romaji

sau

Writing Variants

  • 左右 さゆう sayuu
  • 左右 そう sou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 10 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N5 Jōyō Grade 1 Kanken 10級 Antonyms 前後 Rank 141 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

左見右見

とみこうみ

looking from one place to another

上下左右

じょうげさゆう

up and down, left and right

前後左右

ぜんごさゆう

in all directions

左右相称動物

さゆうそうしょうどうぶつ

Bilateria (animals with bilateral symmetry)

左右非対称

さゆうひたいしょう

bilateral asymmetry

左右対称

さゆうたいしょう

bilateral symmetry

左右相称

さゆうそうしょう

symmetry

左右一対

さゆういっつい

left-and-right pair

左右逆

さゆうぎゃく

left and right reversed

左右軸

さゆうじく

lateral axis

左右突出部

さゆうとっしゅつぶ

kern