佐

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to assist; assistant; aide; to accompany

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

亻 meaning “person” + 左 sound ( zuǒ )

Components 亻左

assistant · Heisig RSH #2064

人 person + 左 left

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
卡拉马佐夫兄弟	Kǎ lā mǎ zuǒ fū Xiōng dì	Brothers Karamazov by Dostoevsky 陀思妥耶夫斯基[Tuo2 si1 tuo3 ye1 fu1 si1 ji1]
巴罗佐	Bā luó zuǒ	José Manuel Durão Barroso (1956-), Portuguese politician, prime minister of Portugal 2002-…
佐治亚	Zuǒ zhì yà	Georgia, US state
佐世保	Zuǒ shì bǎo	Sasebo (city and naval port in Nagasaki, Japan)
摩亨佐·达罗	Mó hēng zuǒ · dá luó	Moenjo-daro, capital of Indus valley civilization c. 2000 BC, Sind province, Pakistan, UNE…
佐科威	Zuǒ kē wēi	Joko Widodo (1961-), Indonesian politician, president of Indonesia (2014-)
佐罗	Zuǒ luó	Zorro
佐酒	zuǒ jiǔ	(of food or a pleasant activity) to accompany drinks; to enhance the experience of consumi…
佐证	zuǒ zhèng	evidence; proof; to confirm; corroboration
佐料	zuǒ liào	condiments; seasoning
喷他佐辛	pēn tā zuǒ xīn	(loanword) pentazocine (a synthetic opioid analgesic)
佐野	Zuǒ yě	Sano (Japanese surname and place name)
佐丹奴	Zuǒ dān nú	Giordano (brand)
技佐	jì zuǒ	(Tw) assistant technical specialist (a technical-staff rank in Taiwan's civil service)
佐佐木	Zuǒ zuǒ mù	Sasaki (Japanese surname)
佐餐	zuǒ cān	(of food) accompaniment
佐藤	Zuǒ téng	Satō (Japanese surname)
辅佐	fǔ zuǒ	to assist (usually a ruler)
佐贰	zuǒ èr	deputy; junior

Characters sharing the sound component 左 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
左 sound part	zuǒ	left; unorthodox, improper
惰	duò	lazy, idle, indolent; careless