右

右	Meanings: right On Readings: ウ u, ユウ yuu Kun Readings: ミギ migi Most Used Pronunciation: migi JLPT Level: 4 (see all JLPT 4 kanji) Grade: 1 Stroke Number: 5

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Common jukugo
右手 - みぎ　て migi te - right hand
右足 - みぎ　あし migi ashi - right leg

Useful Examples
Japanese: 運転手はハンドルを右にきった。
Romaji: untenshu wa handoru o migi ni kitta.
English: The driver turned the wheel to the right.

Japanese: ５分ばかりこの道を行けば、右手にその百貨店があります。
Romaji: gofun bakari kono michi o ikeba, migite ni sono hyakkaten ga arimasu.
English: Go down the street for about five minutes, and you will see the Department store to the right.

Japanese: これを右に回せば機械は動きます。
Romaji: kore o migi ni mawaseba kikai wa ugokimasu.
English: Turn this to the right, and the machine will start.

Look alike kanji
左

Notes/Mnemonic
Both left (左) and right (右) are very similar. Left has a capital I and right has a mouth

Many example sentences are from the Tanaka Corpus as modified for use with WWWJDIC.