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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 (20 words)

西洋風せいようふう

western style

西域せいいき

western regions of China

西高東低せいこうとうてい

high barometric pressure to the west, low pressure to the east

露西亜ロシア

Russia

関西馬かんさいば

Kansai horse

西南の役せいなんのえき

Satsuma Rebellion (1877)

西郊せいこう

western suburb

西洋将棋せいようしょうぎ

chess

西洋碁せいようご

checkers (board game)

大西郷だいさいごう

the Great Saigo

西回りにしまわり

taking a western route

日西辞典にっせいじてん

Japanese-Spanish dictionary

洋の東西を問わずようのとうざいをとわず

in all parts of the world

Western civilization

Western civilization

Western countries

history of the Western world

西欧諸国せいおうしょこく

West European countries

和西わせい

Japanese-Spanish (e.g. dictionary)

関西弁かんさいべん

Kansai dialect

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