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Tuesday, September 23, 2014
0002 右
右
This is migi, meaning 'right,' as in right hand, turn right, etc. The original idea, according to Wieger, is that a hand, the upper part of the character, is putting something into a mouth, and the hand that you eat with is the right hand.
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