Radical 又

4 strokes

left hand (53a) + right hand 又 (52) = friend 友

友好 (18) yǒuhǎo friendly

They run along (right) hand in (left) hand, the best of friends. / But the mischievous Teddy is waiting, and as they pass he flicks his yoyo out and they fall down in a tangle of string.

“Left hand” forms a part of far fewer characters than “right hand”.

To make “left hand” stand out from “hand” in general, we will often use stories involving wedding rings.