西
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[edit] Translingual
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[edit] Etymology
Ideogram (指事): derived from a pictogram of a bird settling into its nest, and by analogy with the setting of the sun means "west".
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[edit] Han character
西 (radical 146 西+0, 6 strokes, cangjie input 一金田 (MCW)西, four-corner 10600, composition ⿻兀囗)
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[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
[edit] Cantonese
[edit] Hanzi
西 (Yale sai1)
[edit] Japanese
[edit] Noun
- the west
[edit] Proper noun
- A surname.
[edit] Kanji
[edit] Readings
[edit] Compounds
[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").
[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)
[edit] Mandarin
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[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)
[edit] Noun
西 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin xī)
[edit] Compounds
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[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
- (Can we date this quote?) Wenlin 3.0 (in Mandarin/English):
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[edit] Hanzi
西 (traditional and simplified, POJ sai (vernacular), se (literary), si (native))
- west-
- 西北風
[edit] Okinawan
[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
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