Hangul Syllable Oen

Left. 왼 is a native Korean word part that points to the left side. A 1459 Middle Korean source records the form, and the National Institute of Korean Language dates 왼손 to the 15th century. Its ancestor 외다 meant “to be wrong,” so the modern directional sense is a meaning shift.

Hangul blocks write speech, so copy it from the palette above or type it: a Korean keyboard builds 왼 from ㅇ + ㅚ + ㄴ. Use 왼쪽 for “left side,” and 왼손, 왼발, and 왼팔 for the left hand, foot, and arm.