右

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(bound form) right; right-hand side; (bound form) (politics) right of center; (bound form) (old) west; (literary) the right side as the side of precedence

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HSK 3.0: Level 1
Old HSK: Level 2
Strokes: 5
Radical: 口 +2
Structure: Upper-left enclosure 左上包
Traditional: 右
Common rank: #1,100
Unicode: U+53F3

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Formation & memory

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How 右 is formed

Components 口 ? unknown part

How to remember it

right · Heisig RSH #78

口 mouth + by one’s side

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 右

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

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
右边	yòu bian	right side; right, to the right
反右运动	Fǎn yòu Yùn dòng	Anti-Rightist Movement, Mao's purge of "rightists" after the Hundred Flowers Campaign ende…
新巴尔虎右旗	Xīn bā ěr hǔ yòu qí	New Barag right banner in Hulunbuir 呼倫貝爾\|呼伦贝尔[Hu1 lun2 bei4 er3], Inner Mongolia
右江区	Yòu jiāng Qū	Youjiang, a district of Baise City 百色市[Bai3 se4 Shi4], Guangxi
无出其右	wú chū qí yòu	(idiom) matchless; without equal; there is nothing better
极右分子	jí yòu fèn zǐ	extreme right-winger
右派分子	yòu pài fèn zǐ	rightist; rightist elements
左耳入，右耳出	zuǒ ěr rù , yòu ěr chū	in one ear and out the other
巴林右	Bā lín yòu	Bairin Right banner or Baarin Baruun khoshuu in Chifeng 赤峰[Chi4 feng1], Inner Mongolia
科右中旗	Kē yòu zhōng qí	Horqin right center banner, Mongolian Khorchin Baruun Garyn Dund khoshuu, in Hinggan leagu…
右边儿	yòu bian r	erhua variant of 右邊\|右边[you4 bian5]
巴林右旗	Bā lín yòu qí	Bairin Right banner or Baarin Baruun khoshuu in Chifeng 赤峰[Chi4 feng1], Inner Mongolia
苏尼特右旗	Sū ní tè yòu qí	Sonid Right banner in Xilingol League 錫林郭勒盟\|锡林郭勒盟[Xi1 lin2 guo1 le4 Meng2], Inner Mongolia
右玉县	Yòu yù Xiàn	Youyu, a county in Shuozhou City 朔州市[Shuo4 zhou1 Shi4], Shanxi
科右前旗	Kē yòu qián qí	Horqin right front banner, Mongolian Khorchin Baruun Garyn Ömnöd khoshuu, in Hinggan leagu…
阿拉善右旗	Ā lā shàn Yòu qí	Alxa Right Banner, Mongolian Alshaa Baruun khoshuu, in Alxa League 阿拉善盟[A1 la1 shan4 Meng2…
反右派斗争	Fǎn yòu pài Dòu zhēng	Anti-Rightist Movement, Mao's purge of "rightists" after the Hundred Flowers Campaign ende…
右前卫	yòu qián wèi	right forward (soccer position)
右上	yòu shàng	upper right
右手	yòu shǒu	right hand; right-hand side

Sound family

These characters use 右 as their sound component — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
右 sound part	yòu	right; right-wing
佑	yòu	to help; to protect; to bless