RJT 12 有る・肉・友・左・右・工

Here's hand again, て

Two hands reaching out to each other mean "friend." Look at the picture for the evolution

• 友

• 反

• 石

• 右

• 左

Friend：とも or ゆう

Match the following

• 友人

• ゆうじん

  friend

• 親友

• ゆうこう

  friendship

• 友だち
  友達

• りあとも

  Real-life friend, not an online friend

• リア友

• ともだち

  friends

• 友好

• しんゆう
  close friend

A carpenter's ruler. It means builder or thingss dealing with construction.

Compare the kanji with katakana え

工　エ　

The kanji is a teeny bit taller.

The kanji is pronounced こう　or く

Match the following

• 工面

• こうじ
  Construction work

• 竹細工

• たけざいく

  Stuff made out of bamboo

• 人工

• こうがく
  Engineering

• 工学

• くめん
  Your financial condition

• 工事

• じんこう

  man-made

That weird squishified hand that we saw in友 is holding a ruler in his left hand now.

This is pronounced ひだりor さand means "left"

Match the following

• 左様なら

• むかってひだり

  Facing you on the left

• 左側

• ひだりうえ

• 左上

• ひだりがわ

  Left-hand side

• 左手

• さようなら
  NOBODY writes the kanji

• 向かって左

• ひだりて

You're probably eating with your right hand. This is that squishified hand from 友and左, plus a mouth 口. It means right (right hand, right side...)

Pronounced みぎ or う

Let's make sure you get the stroke order solid. See the numbers 1 and 2? Trace the kanji.
ひだり starts on the part furthest left

みぎ starts on the part furthest right (of the two strokes)