左

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 = 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 character breakdown

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.

Gitta Giraffe (gu) is working a shift in front of the engine ((e)ng1). Her job is to melt dinosaur bones (丨) so that they can be disposed off easily. To melt the bones, she is shorting a huge capacitor (二) with a steel beam (工) which consequently heats up to a bright glow. Using the glowing hot steel beam she can melt the dinosaur bone easily.
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]

Words with 左

左
左
侧
側
left side
左
左
倾
傾
left-leaning / progressive
左
左
传
傳
Zuo Zhuan or Tsochuan, Mr Zuo's Annals or Mr Zuo's commentary on 春秋[Chun1 qiu1], early history c. 400 BC attributed to famous blind historian Zuo Qiuming 左丘明[Zuo3 Qiu1 ming2]
左
券
在
握
to be assured of success (idiom)
左
左
前
前
卫
衛
left forward (soccer position)
左
左
口
口
鱼
魚
flounder
左
左
右
右
两
兩
难
難
(idiom) between a rock and a hard place / in a dilemma
左
右
共
利
ambidextrous
左
右
勾
拳
left hook and right hook (boxing) / the old one-two
左
丘
明
Zuo Qiuming or Zuoqiu Ming (556-451), famous blind historian from Lu 魯國|鲁国[Lu3 guo2] to whom the history Zuo Zhuan 左傳|左传[Zuo3 Zhuan4] is attributed
左
左
倾
傾
机
機
会
會
主
主
义
義
leftist opportunism (blamed for failures of Chinese communists from 1927) / left adventurism / cf Mao's purges following 1935 Zunyi conference 遵義會議|遵义会议[Zun1 yi4 hui4 yi4]
左
券
a sure thing / a certainty / copy of a contract held by a creditor

Sentences with 左

左 currently does not appear in any sentence.