左

zuǒ = zu + o3

surname Zuo

左 = 𠂇 + 工 : Mnemonic symbol: a communist.

Zapatista Zebra (zu) and the communist (左) teamed up for once to sabotage capitalism. They start by trying to cut a steel beam (工) using scissors (𠂇) inside of the observatory (o3).

左

zuǒ = zu + o3

left / the Left (politics) / east / unorthodox / queer / wrong / differing / opposite / variant of 佐[zuo3]

左 character breakdown

左
- 工
  - 丨
  - 二
    - 一
- 𠂇
  - 一
  - 丿

工

go̅ng = gu + (e)ng1

work / worker / skill / profession / trade / craft / labor

工 = 二 + 丨 : Mnemonic symbol: a steel beam, since 工 looks like the cross section of a steel beam. In front of the engine ((e)ng1), Gitta Giraffe (gu) is doing some hard work: She's stacking a capacitor (二) on a dinosaur bone (丨) on a capacitor (二). She's not very successful, but then she gets the idea to use steel beams (工) as support.

𠂇

Character component without intrinsic meaning

𠂇 = 丿 + 一 : 𠂇 looks like a pair of scissors. Imagine a pair of scissors (𠂇) cutting open a banana (丿) to find a flute (一) inside.

Characters with 左 as component

佐

zuǒ = zu + o3

to assist / assistant / aide / to accompany

佐 = 亻 + 左 : Rosa Luxemburg (亻), the communist (左) and Zapatista Zebra (zu) are making a pact in the observatory (o3) to assist (佐) each other to achieve world wide communism.

惰

duò = du + o4

lazy

惰 = 忄 + 左 + 月 : Doggy Dog (du) is very lazy (惰) and slacking off sleeping on the moon (月) in the observatory's bathroom (o4), but in the end the communist (左) finds him and punishes him with a flail (忄) for being so lazy (惰).

咗

zuǒ = zu + o3

Cantonese particle equivalent to 了[le5] or 過|过[guo4]