左手

左手

1. (anatomy) left hand
2. Alternative form of 左首 (zuǒshǒu, “left-hand side; left side”)
3. (dialectal Mandarin, dialectal Hakka) left-hander

• 右手 (yòushǒu)

From Old Japanese.

From 左 (hidari, “left”) +‎ 手 (te, “hand”).

• (Tokyo) ひだりて (Heiban – )^[1]
• IPA^(key):

左(ひだり)手(て) • (hidarite) 

1. (anatomy) the left hand

   Synonym: 弓手 (yunde)

2. the left-hand side, left side

   Synonyms: 左側 (hidarigawa), 弓手 (yunde)

• 右(みぎ)手(て) (migite, “right hand”)

From Middle Chinese 左手 (MC tsaX|tsaH syuwX).

左(さ)手(しゅ) • (sashu) 

1. (anatomy) the left hand

• 右(う)手(しゅ) (ushu), 右(ゆう)手(しゅ) (yūshu, “right hand”)

(The following entry is uncreated: 弓手.)

From 左 (*pi₁dari, “left”) +‎ 手 (te, “hand”).

左手 (*pi₁darite) (kana ひだりて)

1. the left hand
   • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 9, poem 1766:

     吾妹兒者久志呂爾有奈武左手乃吾奧手二纒而去麻師乎

     wagi₁moko₁ pa kusiro₂ ni aranamu *pi₁darite no₂ waga oku no₂ te ni maki₁te inamasi wo

     Would that my love were a bracelet! Trying her to my left arm, I would start my journey.^[1]

• Japanese: 左手 (hidarite)