左上 (zuǒ shàng) — upper left | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

adjective

upper left

左上。
Tú piàn de zuǒ shàng jiǎo yǒu yí gè hóng sè biāo zhì.
There is a red logo in the upper left corner of the picture.
左上。
Qǐng bǎ míng zì xiě zài yè miàn de zuǒ shàng.
Please write your name on the upper left of the page.
左上。
Zài biǎo gé de zuǒ shàng wèi zhì tián shàng rì qī.
Fill in the date in the upper left position of the form.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

联合liánhéSide by side

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

The left sense of 左 and the upper sense of 上 combine to point to the upper-left area.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

𠂇工左

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

𠂇

𠂇𠂇左zuǒ

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

左 grew from the picture 𠂇, a left hand, with 工 (work) added later.

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

上 is drawn as a short horizontal line placed above a longer arc, marking a position above that arc.