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西
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
(8 words)