西

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See also: 四 and 酉

Translingual[edit]

Stroke order
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Stroke order
西-order.gif

Etymology[edit]

Pictogram (象形): a bag or basket, borrowed for phonetic value. Compare 東 (originally bundle, now east). Traditionally (albeit wrongly) explained as a pictogram of a bird settling into its nest, and by analogy with the setting of the sun means "west".[1]

西 西 西 西
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Large seal script Small seal script

Han character[edit]

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Radical 146 西

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


References[edit]

  • 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

Chinese[edit]

-
simp. and trad.
 西

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Middle Chinese pronunciation (西, reconstructed)
Character (西), Pronunciation 1/1

Initial: 心 (16)
Final: 齊
Division: IV

Openness: Open
Tone: Level (Ø)

 Fanqie: 先稽切
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 Bernard
Karlgren		 Li
Rong		 Pan
Wuyun		 Edwin
Pulleyblank		 Wang
Li		 Shao
Rongfen
/sei/ /siei/ /sei/ /sei/ /sɛj/ /siei/ /sɛi/
Old Chinese pronunciation (西, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character Modern Beijing
(Pinyin)		 Middle Chinese Old Chinese English
西 xī ‹ sej › /*s-nˤər/ west
西 xī ‹ sej › /*s-nˤər/ west

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

  • Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
  • Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
  • Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
  • Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
  • Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character No. Phonetic
component		 Rime
group		 Rime
subdivision		 Corresponding
MC rime		 Old Chinese Notes
西 13236 西 微 1 西 /*sɯːl/

Noun[edit]

西

  1. west, western

Coordinate terms[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Derived terms

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Usage notes[edit]

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.

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

See also:
西

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Usage notes[edit]

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").

Kanji in this term
西
にし
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Noun[edit]

西 (hiragana にし, romaji nishi)

  1. the west

Proper noun[edit]

西 (hiragana にし, romaji Nishi)

  1. A surname​.

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

西 (seo)
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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Okinawan[edit]

Kanji[edit]

西 (hiragana いり, romaji iri)

Noun[edit]

西 (hiragana いり, romaji iri)

  1. the West

Compounds[edit]

Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

西 (tây)

  • Sơn Tây 山西
  • Tây Sơn 西山
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Readings[edit]

References[edit]

  • 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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