西

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Han character 1.2.1 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Noun 3.2 Adnominal 3.3 Kanji 3.3.1 Readings 3.3.2 Compounds 3.3.3 Usage notes 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 5 Mandarin 5.1 Etymology 5.2 Pronunciation 5.3 Hanzi 5.4 Adjective 5.5 Noun 5.5.1 Compounds 5.5.2 Usage notes 5.6 References 6 Min Nan 6.1 Hanzi 7 Okinawan 8 Vietnamese 8.1 Han character 8.1.1 Readings 8.1.2 References

[edit] Translingual

Stroke order

Stroke order

[edit] Etymology

It is derived from a pictogram of a bird settling into its nest, and by analogy with the setting of the sun means "west".

[edit] Han character

西 (radical 146 西+0, 6 strokes, cangjie input 一金田 (MCW), four-corner 1060₀)

1. west, western
2. westward, occident

[edit] References

• KangXi: page 1128, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34763
• Dae Jaweon: page 1595, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2805, character 2
• Unihan data for U+897F

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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

西 (Yale sai1)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Noun

西 (hiragana にし, romaji nishi)

1. the west

[edit] Adnominal

西の(にしの, nishino)

1. west; western; westerly

[edit] Kanji

西 (grade 2 kanji)

[edit] Readings

• On: せい (sei), さい (sai)
• Kun: にし (nishi)

[edit] Compounds

西欧 (せいおう, seiō): Western Europe 西瓜 (すいか, suika): watermelon 西経 (せいけい, seikei): west longitude 西の対 (にしのたい, nishi no tai)

西洋 (せいよう, seiyō): the West, western countries 西暦 (せいれき, seireki): western calendar

[edit] Usage notes

nishi may be used as separate word. sei, on the other hand, is used mainly in compounds, like 西南 (せいなん seinan) - south west (literally "west south").

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

西
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 서 (revised: seo, McCune-Reischauer: sŏ, Yale: se)

• Name (hangeul): 서녘 (revised: seonyeok, McCune-Reischauer: sŏnyŏk, Yale: senyekh)
• Examples
  • 서부 西部 (seobu) western (part)

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[edit] Mandarin

simpl. and trad.

西

[edit] Etymology

• "Image of a bird sitting on its nest... the West, for the birds go to roost when the sun is setting" --Wieger.

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Hanzi

西 (pinyin xī (xī), yāo (yāo), yǎo (yǎo), Wade-Giles hsi¹, yao¹, yao³, Yale syi)

[edit] Adjective

西 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin xī)

1. Western; occidental

[edit] Noun

西 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin xī)

1. west

[edit] Compounds

[edit] Usage notes

西 is the 146th radical of the Chinese dictionary. In its few compounds it most often appears at the top in the form 覀 as in 覄. It is important to distinguish it from 襾 and 酉.

[edit] References

• Wenlin 3.0 (in Mandarin/English).

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[edit] Min Nan

[edit] Hanzi

西 (POJ sai, se, si)

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[edit] Okinawan

• Kun: いり (iri)

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[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

西 (tây)

• Sơn Tây 山西
• Tây Sơn 西山

[edit] Readings

• Nôm: tây, tê
• phía tây : 費西

[edit] References

• Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
• Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
• Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm , NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999