右みぎ

See also: 石いし and 有ゆう

右みぎ U+53F3, 右 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53F3 ← 史ふみ [U+53F2] CJK Unified Ideographs 叴 → [U+53F4]

Translingual

Stroke order

Stroke order (Japan)

Han character

右みぎ (Kangxi radical 30, 口くち+2, 5 strokes, cangjie input 大口おおぐち (KR), four-corner 4060₀, composition ⿸𠂇口くち)

Derived characters

• 佑たすく 㤑 㳓 𣭊 祐ゆう 䧺 若わか 𠯌 𢙵 槗 𣖻 醢ひしお

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 173, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3250
• Dae Jaweon: page 385, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 569, character 1
• Unihan data for U+53F3

Chinese

simp. and trad.		右みぎ
alternative forms		又また 厷

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 右みぎ
Shang	Western Zhou	Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (又また) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
絠	*kɯːʔ
醢ひしお	*qʰɯːʔ
珛	*qʰʷɯs
栯	*ɢʷɯʔ, *qʷɯ
有ゆう	*ɢʷɯʔ
友とも	*ɢʷɯʔ
右みぎ	*ɢʷɯʔ, *ɢʷɯs
宥なだめ	*ɢʷɯs
囿	*ɢʷɯs, *ɡʷɯ
侑	*ɢʷɯs
酭	*ɢʷɯs
姷	*ɢʷɯs
又また	*ɢʷɯs
佑たすく	*ɢʷɯs
祐ゆう	*ɢʷɯs
賄まかない	*qʰʷɯːʔ
蛕	*qʰʷɯːʔ, *ɡʷɯː
烠	*ɡʷɯː
倄	*ɢraːw, *ɢʷɯːʔ
鮪まぐろ	*ɢʷɯʔ
洧	*ɢʷɯʔ
痏	*ɢʷɯʔ
郁いく	*qʷɯ
戫	*qʷɯ
哊	*ɡʷɯ

Originally 又また (OC *ɢʷɯs, “right hand”) in the oracle bone script.

In bronze inscriptions, a 口くち (“mouth; speech”) component was added, perhaps with the intention of indicating the use of 又また (OC *ɢʷɯs, “again”) is a phonetic loan. In other words, the current form is a phono-semantic compound (形聲けいせい／形声けいせい, OC *ɢʷɯʔ, *ɢʷɯs) and ideogrammic compound (會意かいい／会意かいい) : phonetic 又また (OC *ɢʷɯs, “right hand”) + semantic 口くち.

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-(j/r)a (“right (hand)”) (STEDT). Cognate with Tibetan གཡས (g.yas, “right”), Jingpho hkra (khʒa⁵⁵, “right”), Burmese ယာ (ya), ညာ (nya).

友とも (OC *ɢʷɯʔ, “be friendly; friend”) is the endoactive derivation of 右みぎ (OC *ɢʷɯʔ) (Schuessler, 2007).

佑たすく (OC *ɢʷɯs, “to aid”), 祐ゆう (OC *ɢʷɯs, “(of divinity) to assist; to bless”), 宥なだめ (OC *ɢʷɯs, “to pardon; magnanimous”) are exoactive derivations of 右みぎ (OC *ɢʷɯʔ) (ibid.).

“(politics) right-wing”

Semantic loan from English right, in turn a semantic loan from French droite.

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): yòu (you⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): you⁴

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): ю (i͡u, III)

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): jau⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): yiu⁵

• Gan (Wiktionary): iu⁵
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): yu

  (Meixian, Guangdong): yu⁴

• Jin (Wiktionary): iou³
• Northern Min (KCR): iū
• Eastern Min (BUC): iêu
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): iū

  (Teochew, Peng'im): iu⁶

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶yeu
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): iou⁵ / iou⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yòu
    • Wade–Giles: yu⁴
    • Yale: yòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yow
    • Palladius: ю (ju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: you⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: iu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iəu²¹³/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: ю (i͡u, III)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iou⁴⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jau⁶
    • Yale: yauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯²²/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: yiu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiu³²/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: iu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iu¹¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yu
    • Hakka Romanization System: iu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yiu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /i̯u⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yu
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)iu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yiu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯u⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: yu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /iu⁵³/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: iou³
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /iəu⁴⁵/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: iū
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iu⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: iêu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iɛu²⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iū
    • Tâi-lô: iū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iu²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iu⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iu²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iu³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iu³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: iu⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: iŭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iu³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶yeu
    • MiniDict: yeu^去さ
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhieu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦiɤ²³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: iou⁵ / iou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i̯əu̯²¹/, /i̯əu̯⁴⁵/

Note:

• iou5 - vernacular;
• iou4 - literary.

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• Middle Chinese: hjuwX

Rime
Character	右みぎ
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲こえ)	云うん (35)
Final (韻いん)	尤ゆう (136)
Tone (調しらべ)	Rising (X)
Openness (開ひらき合あい)	Open
Division (等ひとし)	III
Fanqie	云うん久ひさ切きり
Baxter	hjuwX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦɨuX/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦiuX/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣiəuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦuwX/
Li Rong	/ɣiuX/
Wang Li	/ɣĭəuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯ə̯uX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yǒu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jau5

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ]ʷəʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷɯʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	右みぎ
Reading #	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yòu
Middle Chinese	‹ hjuwX ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɢ]ʷəʔ/
English	right hand
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	右みぎ
Reading #	1/2
No.	15597
Phonetic component	又また
Rime group	之これ
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	有ゆう
Old Chinese	/*ɢʷɯʔ/

Definitions

右みぎ

1. right (direction)

   右みぎ手て  ―  yòushǒu  ―  right hand

2. west; areas to the west
3. (historical) right side as the side of precedence
4. (politics) right-wing
5. (chemistry) dextro-

   右みぎ美沙みさ芬  ―  yòuměishāfēn  ―  dextromethorphan

6. a surname

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 右みぎ (“right”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		右みぎ
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		右みぎ
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	右みぎ
	Taiwan	右みぎ
	Chengde	右みぎ
	Chifeng	右みぎ
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	右みぎ
	Heihe	右みぎ
	Qiqihar	右みぎ
	Harbin	右みぎ
	Jiamusi	右みぎ
	Baicheng	右みぎ
	Changchun	右みぎ
	Tonghua	右みぎ
	Shenyang	右みぎ
	Jinzhou	右みぎ
	Malaysia	右みぎ
	Singapore	右みぎ
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	右みぎ
	Tangshan	右みぎ
	Cangzhou	右みぎ
	Baoding	右みぎ
	Shijiazhuang	右みぎ
	Lijin	右みぎ
	Jinan	右みぎ
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	右みぎ
	Dandong	右みぎ
	Yantai	右みぎ
	Qingdao	右みぎ
	Zhucheng	右みぎ
Central Plains Mandarin	Lingbao	右みぎ
	Jining	右みぎ
	Wanrong	右みぎ
	Linfen	右みぎ
	Shangqiu	右みぎ
	Yuanyang	右みぎ
	Zhengzhou	右みぎ
	Xinyang	右みぎ
	Baihe	右みぎ
	Xi'an	右みぎ
	Baoji	右みぎ
	Tianshui	右みぎ
	Xining	右みぎ
	Xuzhou	右みぎ
	Fuyang	右みぎ
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	右みぎ
	Lanzhou	右みぎ
	Dunhuang	右みぎ
	Hami	右みぎ
	Ürümqi	右みぎ
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	右みぎ
	Nanchong	右みぎ
	Dazhou	右みぎ
	Hanyuan	右みぎ
	Xichang	右みぎ
	Zigong	右みぎ
	Chongqing	右みぎ
	Wuhan	右みぎ
	Yichang	右みぎ
	Xiangyang	右みぎ
	Tianmen	右みぎ
	Guiyang	右みぎ
	Zunyi	右みぎ
	Bijie	右みぎ
	Liping	右みぎ
	Zhaotong	右みぎ
	Dali	右みぎ
	Kunming	右みぎ
	Mengzi	右みぎ
	Guilin	右みぎ
	Liuzhou	右みぎ
	Jishou	右みぎ
	Changde	右みぎ
	Hanzhong	右みぎ
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	右みぎ
	Yangzhou	右みぎ
	Lianyungang	右みぎ
	Lianshui	右みぎ
	Nantong	右みぎ
	Anqing	右みぎ
	Wuhu	右みぎ
	Hefei	右みぎ
	Hong'an	右みぎ
Cantonese	Guangzhou	右みぎ
	Hong Kong	右みぎ
	Macau	右みぎ
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	右みぎ
	Singapore (Guangfu)	右みぎ
Gan	Lichuan	右みぎ
Huizhou	Shexian	右みぎ
Jin	Taiyuan	右みぎ
	Yangyuan	右みぎ
	Datong	右みぎ
	Xinzhou	右みぎ
	Lüliang (Lishi)	右みぎ
	Changzhi	右みぎ
	Linhe	右みぎ
	Jining	右みぎ
	Hohhot	右みぎ
	Erenhot	右みぎ
	Pingshan	右みぎ
	Zhangjiakou	右みぎ
	Handan	右みぎ
	Linzhou	右みぎ
	Suide	右みぎ
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	右みぎ
Southern Min	Xiamen	正ただし
	Quanzhou	正ただし
	Zhangzhou	正ただし
	Taipei	正ただし
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	正ただし
	Kaohsiung	正ただし
	Yilan	正ただし
	Changhua (Lukang)	正ただし
	Taichung	正ただし
	Tainan	正ただし
	Hsinchu	正ただし
	Kinmen	正ただし
	Penghu (Magong)	正ただし
	Penang (Hokkien)	正ただし
	Singapore (Hokkien)	正ただし
	Manila (Hokkien)	正ただし
	Chaozhou	正ただし
	Shantou	正ただし
	Jieyang	正ただし
	Singapore (Teochew)	正ただし
	Wenchang	右みぎ

Antonyms

• 左ひだり (zuǒ, “left”)

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yòu (you⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁶
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶yeu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yòu
    • Wade–Giles: yu⁴
    • Yale: yòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yow
    • Palladius: ю (ju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jau⁶
    • Yale: yauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯²²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶yeu
    • MiniDict: yeu^去さ
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhieu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦiɤ²³/

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• Middle Chinese: hjuwH

Rime
Character	右みぎ
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲こえ)	云うん (35)
Final (韻いん)	尤ゆう (136)
Tone (調しらべ)	Departing (H)
Openness (開ひらき合あい)	Open
Division (等ひとし)	III
Fanqie	于救すくい切きり
Baxter	hjuwH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦɨuH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦiuH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣiəuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦuwH/
Li Rong	/ɣiuH/
Wang Li	/ɣĭəuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯ə̯uH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yòu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jau6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ]ʷəʔ-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷɯs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	右みぎ
Reading #	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yòu
Middle Chinese	‹ hjuwH ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɢ]ʷəʔ-s/ (~ *m-qʷəʔ)
English	right hand
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	右みぎ
Reading #	2/2
No.	15604
Phonetic component	又また
Rime group	之これ
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	宥なだめ
Old Chinese	/*ɢʷɯs/

Definitions

右みぎ

1. ^† Original form of 佑たすく (yòu, “to assist”).
2. ^† Original form of 祐ゆう (yòu, “to protect; to bless”).
3. ^† to take somebody's side
4. ^† Alternative form of 侑 (yòu, “to urge somebody to eat or drink”)

Compounds

• 不ふ左ひだり不ふ右みぎ
• 反はん右みぎ運動うんどう／反はん右みぎ运动 (Fǎnyòu Yùndòng)
• 右みぎ丞すすむ
• 右側みぎがわ／右みぎ侧 (yòucè)
• 右側みぎがわ通行つうこう／右みぎ侧通行つうこう
• 右傾うけい／右みぎ倾 (yòuqīng)
• 右みぎ列れつ
• 右みぎ利り
• 右みぎ史し
• 右みぎ地ち
• 右みぎ姓せい
• 右みぎ學がく／右みぎ学がく
• 右みぎ師し／右みぎ师 (yòushī)
• 右みぎ廣ひろ／右みぎ广
• 右みぎ心室しんしつ (yòuxīnshì)
• 右みぎ心房しんぼう (yòuxīnfáng)
• 右みぎ戚
• 右手みぎて (yòushǒu)
• 右文ゆうぶん
• 右みぎ方かた
• 右みぎ族ぞく
• 右みぎ武たけし
• 右派うは (yòupài)
• 右みぎ營／右みぎ营 (Yòuyíng)
• 右みぎ相しょう
• 右みぎ端はし
• 右翼うよく (yòuyì)
• 右翼うよく分子ぶんし (yòuyì fènzǐ)
• 右みぎ職しょく／右みぎ职
• 右みぎ行ぎょう
• 右みぎ軍ぐん／右みぎ军 (yòujūn)
• 右みぎ輔／右みぎ辅
• 右みぎ轉てん／右みぎ转 (yòuzhuǎn)
• 右邊うへん／右みぎ边 (yòubiān)
• 如左右手みぎて
• 左ひだり來らい右みぎ去さ／左ひだり来らい右みぎ去さ
• 左右さゆう (zuǒyòu)
• 左右さゆう兩りょう難なん／左右さゆう两难
• 左右さゆう前後ぜんこう／左右さゆう前ぜん后きさき
• 左右さゆう夾攻／左右さゆう夹攻
• 左右さゆう手しゅ (zuǒyòushǒu)
• 左右さゆう支ささえ絀／左右さゆう支ささえ绌
• 左右さゆう為ため難なん／左右さゆう为难 (zuǒyòuwéinán)
• 左ひだり右翼うよく
• 左右さゆう袒
• 左右さゆう逢源 (zuǒyòuféngyuán)
• 左右さゆう開ひらけ弓ゆみ／左右さゆう开弓
• 左ひだり圖ず右みぎ史し／左ひだり图右史し (zuǒtúyòushǐ)
• 左ひだり宜むべ右みぎ有ゆう
• 左ひだり思おもえ右みぎ想そう (zuǒsīyòuxiǎng)
• 左ひだり挈右提ひさげ
• 左ひだり提ひさげ右みぎ挈
• 左ひだり擁よう右みぎ抱だき／左ひだり拥右抱だき (zuǒyōngyòubào)
• 左ひだり支ささえ右みぎ吾われ
• 左ひだり支ささえ右みぎ絀／左ひだり支ささえ右みぎ绌
• 左ひだり縈右拂はらい／左ひだり萦右拂はらい
• 左ひだり衝右突／左ひだり冲右突 (zuǒchōngyòutū)
• 左ひだり輔右弼／左ひだり辅右弼
• 左ひだり遮さえぎ右みぎ攩／左ひだり遮さえぎ右みぎ挡
• 左ひだり鄰右舍しゃ／左ひだり邻右舍しゃ (zuǒlínyòushè)
• 左ひだり顧右盼／左ひだり顾右盼 (zuǒgùyòupàn)
• 座右ざゆう銘めい／座右ざゆう铭 (zuòyòumíng)
• 江こう右みぎ (Jiāngyòu)
• 河かわ右みぎ
• 無む出で其右／无出其右 (wúchūqíyòu)
• 男おとこ左ひだり女おんな右みぎ (nánzuǒnǚyòu)
• 硯すずり右みぎ／砚右
• 豪ごう右みぎ
• 車くるま右みぎ／车右
• 鄰右／邻右

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (右みぎ):

• → Japanese: 右みぎ(う) (u); 右みぎ(ゆう) (yū)
• → Korean: 우(右みぎ) (u)
• → Vietnamese: hữu (右みぎ)

Others:

• → Bouyei: gvaz (“right”)
• → Lao: ຂວາ (khuā, “right”)
• → Lü: ᦧᦱ (ẋwaa, “right”)
• → Northern Thai: ᨡ᩠ᩅᩣ (“right”)
• → Shan: ၶႂႃ (khwǎa, “right”)
• → Thai: ขวา (kwǎa, “right”)
• → Zhuang: gvaz (“right”)

References

• “右みぎ”, in 漢語かんご多功たこう能のう字じ庫こ (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港ほんこん中ちゅう文ぶん大學だいがく (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育きょういく部ぶ異體いたい字じ字典じてん), A00483

Japanese

Kanji

右みぎ

(grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. right
2. conservative
3. right-wing, right fielder
4. respect for
5. aid, assist, counsel

Readings

• Go-on: う (u, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: ゆう (yū, Jōyō)^{←いう (iu, historical)}
• Kun: みぎ (migi, 右みぎ, Jōyō); かく (kaku, 右みぎ); こう (kō, 右みぎ)^{←かう (kau, 右みぎ, historical)}
• Nanori: あき (aki); あきら (akira); これ (kore); すけ (suke); たか (taka); たすく (tasuku)

Compounds

Compounds

• 右みぎ(う)往(おう)左ひだり(さ)往(おう) (uōsaō)
• 右みぎ(う)傾かたぶけ(けい) (ukei)
• 右みぎ(う)近ちか(こん) (Ukon)
• 右みぎ(う)折おり(せつ) (usetsu)
• 右みぎ(う)大だい(だい)臣しん(じん) (Udaijin)
• 右みぎ(う)端はし(たん) (utan)
• 右みぎ(う)中なか(ちゅう)間あいだ(かん) (uchūkan)
• 右みぎ(う)派は(は) (uha)
• 右みぎ(う)飛ひ(ひ) (uhi)
• 右みぎ(う)辺あたり(へん) (uhen)
• 右みぎ(う)翼つばさ(よく) (uyoku)
• 右みぎ(う)腕うで(わん) (uwan)
• 右みぎ(ゆう)筆ふで(ひつ) (yūhitsu)
• 右みぎ(ゆう)文ぶん(ぶん) (yūbun)
• 机つくえ(き)右みぎ(ゆう) (kiyū)
• 極ごく(きょく)右みぎ(う) (kyokū)
• 左右さゆう(そう) (sō), 左ひだり(さ)右みぎ(う) (sau)
• 左ひだり(さ)右みぎ(ゆう) (sayū)
• 座ざ(ざ)右みぎ(ゆう) (zayū), 座ざ(ざ)右みぎ(う) (zau)
• 左ひだり(と)右みぎ(かく) (tokaku)
• 右手みぎて(めて) (mete)
• 左右さゆう(もとこ) (motoko)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
右みぎ
みぎ Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) みぎ [mìgí] (Heiban – [0]) general
• (Tokyo) みぎ [míꜜgì] (Atamadaka – [1]) “the above statement, foregoing”
• IPA^(key): [mʲiɡʲi]

Noun

右みぎ(みぎ) • (migi) 

1. right (direction)

   私わたし(わたし)は右みぎ(みぎ)の目め(め)が見み(み)えない。

   Watashi wa migi no me ga mienai.

   I can't see with my right eye.

   • 1999 July 22, “封ふう(ふう)印しるし(いん)されし者もの(もの)の右みぎ(みぎ)足あし(あし) [Right Leg of the Sealed One]”, in Vol.4, Konami:

     封ふう(ふう)印しるし(いん)された右みぎ(みぎ)足あし(あし)。封ふう(ふう)印しるし(いん)を解かい(と)くと、無む(む)限かぎり(げん)の力ちから(ちから)を得とく(え)られる。

     Fūinsareta migiashi. Fūin o toku to, mugen no chikara o erareru.

     A sealed right leg. Whosoever breaks the seal shall earn infinite power.

2. (in vertical writing of Japanese, with columns running right to left) the above statement, foregoing
3. (politics) the right wing, a rightist
4. (historical) a superior during in the Chinese Warring States period

   Synonym: 上位じょうい (jōi)

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “right, rightist”): 左ひだり(ひだり) (hidari, “left”)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 右みぎ(みぎ)する (migi suru)
• 右上みぎうえ(みぎあが)り, 右みぎ(みぎ)上うえ(あ)がり (migiagari)
• 右上みぎうえ(みぎうえ) (migiue)
• 右腕うわん(みぎうで) (migiude)
• 右側みぎがわ(みぎがわ) (migigawa)
• 右みぎ(みぎ)利り(き)き (migikiki)
• 右みぎ下か(みぎした) (migishita)
• 右みぎ(みぎ)手て(て) (migite)
• 右みぎ(みぎ)と言げん(い)えば左ひだり(ひだり) (migi to ieba hidari)
• 右みぎ(みぎ)に同どう(おな)じ (migi ni onaji, “ditto”)
• 右みぎ(みぎ)に出で(で)る (migi ni deru)
• 右みぎ(みぎの)大臣だいじん(おおいもうちぎみ) (Migi no Ōimōchigimi)
• 右みぎ(みぎの)大臣だいじん(おとど) (Migi no Otodo)
• 右みぎ(みぎ)左ひだり(ひだり) (migihidari)
• 右みぎ巻まき(みぎまき), 右みぎ(みぎ)巻まき(ま)き (migimaki)
• 右みぎ(みぎ)も左ひだり(ひだり)も分ぶん(わ)からない (migi mo hidari mo wakaranai)
• 右みぎ様さま(みぎよう) (migiyō)
• 右みぎ(みぎ)四よん(よ)つ (migiyotsu)
• 回かい(まわ)れ右みぎ(みぎ) (mawaremigi)

Proverbs

Proverbs

• 右みぎ(みぎ)の耳みみ(みみ)から左ひだり(ひだり)の耳みみ(みみ) (migi no mimi kara hidari no mimi)
• 右みぎ(みぎ)を見み(み)ても左ひだり(ひだり)を見み(み)ても (migi o mite mo hidari o mite mo)
• 左ひだり(ひだり)平ひらた(ひら)目め(め)に右みぎ(みぎ)鰈かれい(かれい) (hidari hirame ni migi karei)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
右みぎ
みぎり Grade: 1
irregular

The final り (ri) is likely by analogy with its antonym 左ひだり (hidari, “left”).

Noun

右みぎ(みぎり) • (migiri) 

1. (archaic) Same as みぎ (migi) above

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
右みぎ
ゆう Grade: 1
kan'on

The “right (direction)” and “respect, esteem, value” senses are from Middle Chinese 右みぎ (MC hjuwX).

The “aid, assist” sense is from Middle Chinese 右みぎ / 佑たすく (MC hjuwH).

The kan'on pronunciation, so likely a later borrowing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jɯ̟ᵝː]

Affix

右みぎ(ゆう) • (yū) ^{←いう (iu)?}

1. right (direction)
2. respect; esteem; value
3. Alternative form of 佑たすく (yū, “aid; assist”)

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term
右みぎ
う Grade: 1
goon

From Middle Chinese 右みぎ (MC hjuwX).

The goon pronunciation, so likely the initial borrowing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ᵝ]

Prefix

右みぎ(う) • (u-) 

1. right (direction)
2. (politics) right-wing
3. (baseball) right fielder
4. (history, government) "of the right", junior or subordinate to 左ひだり (sa-, “of the left”)

   右みぎ(う)衛まもる(え)門もん(もん)

   Uemon

   the Gate Guard of the Right

   右みぎ(う)大だい(だい)臣しん(じん)

   Udaijin

   the Minister of the Right

Korean

Etymology 1

Hanja

右みぎ (eumhun 오른쪽 우 (oreunjjok u))

1. Hanja form^? of 우 (“right (direction)”).

Compounds

• 좌우 (左右さゆう, jwau, “left and right”)
• 우측 (右側みぎがわ, ucheuk, “right side”)
• 우측보행 (右側みぎがわ步行ほこう, ucheukbohaeng, “to walk on the right side”)
• 남좌여우 (男おとこ左ひだり女おんな右みぎ, namjwayeou, “the left is for males, the right is for females (traditional saying)”)
• 극우 (極右きょくう , geugu, “the far right”)
• 좌우명 (座右ざゆう銘めい, jwaumyeong, “maxim; motto, watchword”)

Etymology 2

Hanja

右みぎ (eumhun 도울 우 (doul u))

1. Hanja form^? of 우 (“to help; to aid; to assist; to give a hand”).

Vietnamese

Han character

右みぎ: Hán Nôm readings: hữu

1. right (direction)