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爿 means 'left side'

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Strokes : 4    Radical number: 90    Usefulness: 8    Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 1 word   Used in 1 word   Component in 28 kanji (0 Jōyō)
Hyōgaiji (表外字)
Common readings
On
   ショウ
Kun
   ソウ left side, left-hand part, left half
Variants
⺦   丬  
Notes
Variant, 丬 (left side), looks the same but is Chinese and has a different unicode codepoint: use first variant ⺦ (left side)
Discover the kanji, such as 状 (condition) and 寝 (sleep), in which 爿 serves as a mere component, and learn to distinguish it from radical 91.
See also
片 right side  
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Most useful words
し ょ う へ ん 0
noun
kanji radical 90 at left
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爿
ショウ   ソウ left side, left-hand part, left half   
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