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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
su
セイ sei
Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
にし nishi

Words Using This Kanji

296 words total
Other (20 words)
西洋紫陽花 せいようあじさい

Western hydrangea

西洋語 せいようご

Western language

西欧人 せいおうじん

Westerner

東は東西は西 ひがしはひがしにしはにし

East is East, and West is West

東は東西は西 ひがしはひがしにしはにし

East is East, and West is West

西王母 せいおうぼ

Queen Mother of the West (an ancient Chinese goddess)

西浄 せいじん

toilet in a Zen temple

大西洋背美鯨 たいせいようせみくじら

North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis)

西部戦線 せいぶせんせん

Western Front (of WWI)

西田哲学 にしだてつがく

Nishida's philosophy (foundation for the Kyoto school of philosophy)

西洋医学 せいよういがく

Western medicine

西洋箱柳 せいようはこやなぎ

Lombardy poplar (Populus nigra var. italica)

西南学派 せいなんがくは

Southwest school (of neo-Kantianism)

関西地方 かんさいちほう

Kansai region (center-west area of Japan comprising Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto and surrounding prefectures)

西洋館 せいようかん

western style-house (esp. those built before WWII)

西部インド洋 せいぶインドよう

Western Indian Ocean

亜皮西尼 アビシニア

Abyssinia

西域都護府 せいいきとごふ

Protectorate General of the Western Regions (Han-period Chinese office established in East Turkestan in 60 BCE)

安西都護府 あんせいとごふ

Protectorate General to Pacify the West (Tang-period Chinese office established in Xinjiang in 640 CE)

関西弁 かんさいべん

Kansai dialect