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Where does “左手” come from?

左手 (Japanese) comes from Old Japanese 左手, from Old Japanese 手.

左手 (Japanese): the left hand; the left-hand side, left side

Definitions

  1. the left hand; the left-hand side, left side

Ancestry of “左手”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Japanese左手—
2Old Japanese手—
Every word from Old Japanese 手 →