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西

JLPT N5 SL2 6 strokes Frequency: #259

Meanings

West, Spain

Radicals

西

Decomposition

⿻兀囗

Etymology

Pictographic: A bird settling into its nest, representing sunset; compare 東

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 6

Stroke Order

1 horizontal bottom-to-top

2 vertical bottom-to-top

3 corner bottom-to-top

4 diagonal top-to-bottom

5 curve right-to-left

6 horizontal left-to-right

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

サイ sai

ス su

セイ sei

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

にし nishi

Words Using This Kanji

296 words total

Other (19 words)

関西かんさい

Kansai (region comprising Kyoto, Osaka, Kobe and surrounding prefectures)

all times and places

due west

due west

Western Europe

north-west

leek (Allium porrum)

west coast

facing west

western hemisphere

west-northwest

west-northwest

Common Era

westerly

south-west

Western (film genre)

(European) truffle

west coast

Kansai dialect

にし (1 words)

西日にしび

westering sun

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