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-<WL>𠂇 [zuǒ] (古) 左/佐 left hand (cf. 又/右 right); 左字头 (component: 左厷友右布有…)
+<WL>𠂇 [zuǒ] (古) 左/佐 left hand (cf. 又/右 ‘right’); 左字头; (component: 左厷友右布有…)
-Opposite to 又(􀠋) yòu ‘right hand’ (􀠌𠮢右), the character 𠂇(􀠸) zuǒ depicts the ‘left hand’ (􀴊左). The left and right hands 佐 zuǒ ‘help’ each other (or the left hand helps the right).
+The character 𠂇(􀠸屮󰀆) zuǒ ‘left (subordinate) hand’ in the Seal is an abbreviation of the pictograph 手(􂄛) shǒu ‘hand’, with 3 fingers instead of 5, and with the forearm at the left (drawn from the perspective of looking at one's one left hand); it is 又(􀠋) yòu ‘(strong) right hand’ reversed.
+	Note: Today the old meaning of 𠂇 zuǒ ‘left (hand/side)’ is written 左(􀴊) zuǒ, and 𠂇 is only used as a component (as in 左, 右, 有, 友); the old meaning of 左(􀴊) zuǒ ‘help’ is now written 佐 (cf. 佑).
+	Compare: 廾(􀝏𠬞) gǒng ‘upraised/respectful hands’; 屮(􀃿) chè ‘sprout/branches’.
+	HDZ: 𠂇 : zuǒ : 左: 左手; 违背; (姓)
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