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Kanji Detail for 西 - "west, western, spain"

西

  • Meaning

    西 means "west, western, spain."

    1. West - The direction of sunset.

    2. Western - Relating to the West.

    3. Spain - Abbreviated form.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    west; Spain

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    west(ern); westward; occident; Kangxi radical 146

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    the West; abbr. for Spain 西班牙[Xi1 ban1 ya2]; Spanish

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    west, western, westward

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    The name of a direction. | 泰西 (the Far West). Refers to Europe and America. Such as 西史 (Western history), 西歷 (Western calendar). Because their direction is west of China. | Buddhism came from India to China. Therefore the West is called Buddhist land. Such as the common expression that someone's death is called 西歸 (returning to the West).
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Sentences including 西

  • The station is to the west of the hotel.

  • He lives in the western part of town.

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