noun, takes genitive case の

  1. left wing (politics).

noun

  1. left wing (of a bird or aircraft).
  2. left wing (of an army, building, etc.), left flank.
  3. Baseball term.left field, left fielder.
  4. Sports term.left wing (in soccer, rugby, etc.).

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
左翼 さよく
左翼 サヨク

Contained Kanji Breakdown

left
ひだり サ シャ (1st, N5)
left hand, cliff(厂) variant
craft, construction, katakana e radical (no. 48)
コウ ク もく (2nd, N4)
wing, plane, flank
つばさ ヨク (7th, N1)
feathers, counter for birds, rabbits
はね は ば (2nd, N2)
learn(習) variant
hooked enclosure
two-stroke water radical or ice radical (no. 15)
ヒョウ こおり (Kentei 1)
uncommon, different, queerness
イ こと け (6th, N1)
rice field, rice paddy
た デン たん (1st, N4)
together, both, neither
とも キョウ (4th, N3)
twenty(廿) variant
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)