左边

Character by character

• 左zuǒ5 strokesHSK 1left; east; unorthodox, improper
• 边biān6 strokesHSK 1 traditional 邊edge, margin, side, border

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 左边. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 边biānHSK 2

  side; edge; margin; border; boundary; simultaneously

• 身边shēn biānHSK 2

  at one's side; on hand

• 一边yī biānHSK 1

  one side; either side; on the one hand; on the other hand; doing while

• 左右zuǒ yòuHSK 3

  left and right; nearby; approximately; attendant; to control; to influence

• 左zuǒHSK 1

  left; the Left (politics); east; unorthodox; queer; wrong; differing; opposite; variant of 佐

• 旁边páng biānHSK 1

  side; adjacent place

• 那边nà bianHSK 1

  over there; yonder

• 这边zhè biānHSK 1

  this side; here

• 右边yòu bianHSK 1

  right side; right, to the right

• 边缘biān yuánHSK 6

  edge; fringe; verge; brink; periphery; marginal; borderline

• 路边lù biānHSK 2

  curb; roadside; wayside

• 边境biān jìngHSK 5

  frontier; border

• 周边zhōu biānHSK 7

  periphery; rim; surroundings; all around; perimeter; peripheral (computing); spin-offs

• 边界biān jièHSK 7

  boundary; border

• 两边liǎng bianHSK 4

  either side; both sides

• 海边hǎi biānHSK 2

  coast; seaside; seashore; beach

• 里边lǐ bianHSK 1

  inside

• 外边wài bianHSK 1

  outside; outer surface; abroad; place other than one's home

• 后边hòu bianHSK 1

  the back; the rear; the last bit; behind; near the end; at the back; later; afterwards

• 西边xī biānHSK 1

  west; west side; western part; to the west of

• 上边shàng bianHSK 1

  the top; above; overhead; upwards; the top margin; above-mentioned; those higher up

• 东边dōng bianHSK 1

  east; east side; eastern part; to the east of

• 南边nán bianHSK 1

  south; south side; southern part; to the south of

• 北边běi biānHSK 1

  north; north side; northern part; to the north of