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西
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇨🇳🇯🇵🇰🇷

west

HSK 1 N4
Abstract →Space
xī
セイ、サイ、ス
にし
서
西 was written two different ways in ancient scripts: (1) a pictograph of a bird's nest, and (2) a variant of the phonetically similar 囟.
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Historical Evolution
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Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
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Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
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Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
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Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
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Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Bronze Spring and Autumn (771-476 BC)
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Spring and Autumn (771-476 BC)
Bronze Early Warring States (~400 BC)
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Early Warring States (~400 BC)
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Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Shuowen (~100 AD)
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Shuowen (~100 AD)
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Shuowen (~100 AD)
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Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
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Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
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Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
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Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
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Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
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Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
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Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
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Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Seal Jin dynasty (266-420 AD)
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Jin dynasty (266-420 AD)
西
Regular
Modern
Chinese
西 [Xī]
the West; abbr. for Spain 西班牙[Xī​bān​yá]; Spanish
西 [xī]
west
Japanese
西 にし 同音
noun west
西 せい 同音
noun abbrev. Spain
西 シャー 同音

noun

  1. mahjong west wind tile
  2. mahjong winning hand with a pung (or kong) of west wind tiles
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
列車は西へ走っていた。
The train was hurrying west.
Japanese Names
西 あき
Aki female given name
西 いり
Iri unclassified name
西 かわち
Kawachi surname
西 さい
Sai female given namesurname
西 すみあき
Sumiaki unclassified name
西 にし
Nishi place namesurname
西 にしざき
Nishizaki surname
西 にしつる
Nishitsuru surname
西 にしはま
Nishihama surname
CHINESE WORDS (200)
东西 [dōng​xī] #114
east and west
东西 [dōng​xī] #114
east and west
西部 [xī​bù] #4,060
western part
西方 [Xī​fāng] #6,409
the West
西班牙 [Xī​bān​yá] #2,678
Spain
墨西哥 [Mò​xī​gē] #1,584
Mexico
巴西 [Bā​xī] #4,297
Brazil
西安 [Xī​'ān] #29,902
Xi'an, sub-provincial city and capital of Shaanxi 陝西省|陕西省[Shǎn​xī​Shěng] in northwest China
广西 [Guǎng​xī] #3,751
Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region 廣西壯族自治區|广西壮族自治区 in South Central China, on the border with Vietnam, abbr. 桂, capital Nanning 南寧|南宁
广西 [Guǎng​xī] #3,751
Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region 廣西壯族自治區|广西壮族自治区 in South Central China, on the border with Vietnam, abbr. 桂, capital Nanning 南寧|南宁
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JAPANESE WORDS (200)
⭐ 西洋 [せいよう] #9,838
the West
⭐ 西側 [にしがわ] #12,082
west side
⭐ 西方 [せいほう] #15,667
western direction
⭐ 東西 [とうざい] #16,016
east and west
⭐ 関西 [かんさい] #16,447
Kansai (region comprising Kyoto, Osaka, Kobe and surrounding prefectures)
⭐ 西部 [せいぶ] #17,430
western part
⭐ 北西 [ほくせい] #17,934
northwest
⭐ 南西 [なんせい] #18,816
southwest
西日 [にしび] #24,312
westering sun
古今東西 [ここんとうざい] #24,778
all times and places
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KOREAN WORDS (28)
서방 #9,122
west
서부 #10,255
west
서기 #28,690
A.D.
서양 #30,270
Occident
남서
southwest
대서양
Atlantic Ocean
동분서주
busying oneself with
동서고금
all ages and countries
동서남북
all directions; NSEW
북서
northwest
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