右 yòu
noun
: right; the Right (politics)
: west (old)
Kun Reading
右 | みぎ migi
noun
: right; right hand side
: afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing; above
On Reading
う u
ゆう yuu
右邊[边] you4bian: right; the right side; to the right of
右手 you4shou3: right hand; right-hand side
[みぎて migite: right hand]
右上 you4shang4: upper right [みぎうえ migi ue: right-upper]
右下 you4xia4: lower left [みぎした migi shita]
左右 zuo3you4: left and right; nearby; approximately; attendant; to control; to influence
[とかくtokaku: (doing) various things; (doing) this and that
: being apt to; being prone to; tending to become
: somehow or other; anyhow; anyway]
OR
[さう sau OR そう sou: left and right
: influence; control; domination]
鄰[邻]右 lin2you4: neighbor [右隣 | みぎどなり migi donari: neighbor to the right]
向右 xiang4you4: facing right; rightwards; to the right
極[极]右 ji4you4: ultraright [極右 | きょくう kyokuu: extreme right]
Japanese expression
右に同じ | みぎにおなじ migi ni onaji
: like he said; same for me; ditto
右の通り | みぎのとおり migi no toori
: as above-mentioned
右と言えば左 | みぎといえばひだり migi to ieba hidari
: always contradicting what other people say
骨皮筋右衛門 | ほねかわすじえもん hone kawasu jie mon
: reduced to skin and bones
右から左へ | みぎからひだりへ migi kara hirai he
: from right to left; in one ear and out the other;
: nice and quick; with speed and address; without further ado
OR
右の耳から左の耳 | みぎのみみからひだりのみみ migi no mimi kara hidari no mimi
: in one ear and out the other
左右に分かれる | さゆうにわかれる sayuu ni wakareru
: to part left and right
言を左右にする | げんをさゆうにする gen o sayuu ni suru
: to equivocate; to beat around the bush
Chinese idiom
左右兩難 [左右两难] zuo3 you4 liang3 nan2
: dilemma; quandary; Scylla and Charybdis; between the devil and the deep blue sea
左右開弓 [左右开弓] zuo3 you4 kai1 gong1
: lit. to shoot from both sides; fig. to display ambidexterity; to slap with one hand and then the other, in quick succession; to use both feet equally (football)
左右逢源 zuo3 you4 feng2 yuan2
: lit. to strike water right and left; fig. to turn everything into gold; to have everything going one’s way; to benefit from both sides
左思右想 zuo3 si1 you4 xiang3
: to turn over in one’s mind; to think through from different angles; to ponder
王顧左右而言他 [王顾左右而言他] wang2 gu4 zuo3 you4 er2 yan2 ta1
: the king looked left and right and then talked of other things; to digress from the topic of discussion
形声 Pictophonetic.
suggests the meaning while
口 (kou3: mouth radical 30) provides the sound.
Look-alike:
石 shi2: stone
[kun: いし ishi.
on: こく koku, せき se]
Examples:
我的右手好痛!
wo3de you4shou3 hao3 tong4
My right hand hurts!
右手わ痛いです!
みぎてわいたいです migite wa itai desu
My right hand hurts!
Resources: Chinese Dictionary | Japanese Dictionary