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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.

  • Words using 西

    • 西側 にしがわ Listen west side; west bank
    • 関西 かんさい Listen Kansai (region comprising Kyoto, Osaka, Kobe and surrounding prefectures); Kansai (western half of Japan; during the feudal era)
    • 東西 とうざい Listen east and west; Orient and Occident; East and West
    • 西欧 せいおう Listen Western Europe; the West; the Occident
    • 大西洋 たいせいよう Listen Atlantic Ocean
    • 南西 なんせい Listen southwest
    • 西部 せいぶ Listen western part; the west (of a region); the West (United States)
    • 西日本 にしにほん Listen western Japan (usu. Chūbu region and westward)

  • Four-character idioms with 西

    • 東奔西走 とうほんせいそう Listen busying oneself about (something); being on the move; bestirring oneself
    • 古今東西 ここんとうざい Listen all times and places; all ages and countries
    • 東夷西戎 とういせいじゅう Listen barbarians to the east and to the west (from the perspective of old China)
    • 東西南北 とうざいなんぼく Listen east, west, south and north
    • 東西古今 とうざいここん Listen all times and places; everywhen and everywhere
    • 西方浄土 さいほうじょうど Listen Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise)

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    • Verified meaning: west, western, spain
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read あき, いり, かわち, さい)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 西

    Given names 西(あき)Listen 西(さい)Listen

    Surnames 西(いり)Listen 西(かわち)Listen 西(すみあき)Listen 西(にし)Listen 西(にしざき)Listen 西(にしつる)Listen 西(にしはま)Listen

  • 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).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    sai(サイ) サイ

    sei(セイ) セイ

    su(ス) ス

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    nishi(にし) にし

  • Strokes

    tip

    6 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    襾 西 覀 (oikammuri・nishi・kanamenokashira)

  • Related Keywords

    west western spain compass direction dusk sunset twilight

Sentences including 西

  • The station is to the west of the hotel.

  • He lives in the western part of town.

Sentences from Japanese classical masterpieces

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