西 — west, western

にし西 west

Grade 2 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 6 strokes direction

U+897F Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #259 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1602 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

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Meanings

west
western

Readings

On'yomi: せい sei さい sai す su
Kun'yomi: にし nishi

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にし nishi Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

西(にし) nishi west 西(にし) 村(むら) nishimura Nishimura (surname) 西(にし) 日(に) 本(ほん) nishinihon western Japan 西(にし) 川(かわ) nishikawa Nishikawa (surname) 西(にし) 田(だ) nishida Nishida (surname) 大(おお) 西(にし) oonishi Onishi (surname) 中(なか) 西(にし) nakanishi Nakanishi 西(にし) ドイツ nishidoitsu West Germany

せい sei On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

南(なん) 西(せい) nansei southwest 西(せい) 洋(よう) seiyou the West 西(せい) 部(ぶ) seibu western part 西(せい) 武(ぶ) seibu Seibu 西(せい) 欧(おう) seiou Western Europe

さい・ざい sai On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

東(とう) 西(ざい) touzai east and west 関(かん) 西(さい) kansai Kansai (region)

Appears in idioms

古今東西四字熟語

old now, east west

Stroke order

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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にし nishi Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

せい sei On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

さい・ざい sai On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

Appears in idioms

Stroke order

Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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西 — west, western

Meanings

Readings

word

にし nishi Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

せい sei On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

さい ・ざい sai On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

Appears in idioms

Stroke order

Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

Keyboard Shortcuts

General

さい・ざい sai On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).