Pictographic: A left hand; compare 又Radical:

meaning for zuǒ:

  • - left
  • - the Left (politics)
  • - east
  • - unorthodox
  • - queer
  • - wrong
  • - differing
  • - opposite
  • - variant of 佐 left and right
  • - nearby
  • - approximately
  • - attendant
  • - to control
  • - to influenceleft-wing (political)left side(political) left
  • - left wing
  • - leftistneighbors
  • - next-door neighbors
  • - related work units
  • - colleagues doing related work