西 (Xī): meaning and stroke order
西 (Xī) means the West, abbr. for Spain 西班牙, Spanish, west.
西
- Simplified
- 西
- Traditional
- 西 (same form)
- Pinyin
- Xī
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Stroke order of 西
西
- Xī the West; abbr. for Spain 西班牙[Xi1 ban1 ya2]
- xī west
- 6 strokes
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Meaning of 西
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Xī
- the West
- abbr. for Spain 西班牙[Xi1 ban1 ya2]
- Spanish
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xī
- west
Radical and structure
- 西
- Radical 襾 (Kangxi radical 146) · 6 strokes · 一 on top, 𠁤 below
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
Words with 西
- 西天 Xī tiān the Western Paradise (Buddhism)
- 西安 Xī ān see 西安市[Xi1 an1 Shi4]; see 西安區|西安区[Xi1 an1 Qu1]
- 东西 dōng xī east and west
- 西方 Xī fāng the West; the Occident
- 西北 Xī běi Northwest China (Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, Xinjiang)
- 西边 xī biān west; west side
- 西湖 Xī hú Xihu or West lake (place name); West Lake in Hangzhou 杭州, Zhejiang
- 西瓜 xī guā watermelon; CL:顆|颗[ke1],個|个[ge5]
- 西域 Xī yù Western Regions (Han Dynasty term for regions beyond Yumen Pass 玉門關|玉门关[Yu4 men2 Guan1])
- 西医 xī yī Western medicine; a doctor trained in Western medicine
- 西红柿 xī hóng shì tomato
西 in our stories
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十年后，他终于找到机会逃了出去，继续向西走，最后真的找到了大月氏。
shí nián hòu tā zhōngyú zhǎodào jīhuì táo le chūqu jìxù xiàng xī zǒu zuìhòu zhēnde zhǎodào le Dà Yuèzhī
Ten years later he finally escaped, continued west, and really did find the Yuezhi.
From the story Zhang Qian's mission to the West HSK 6
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可是天空始终没有完全恢复原样：直到今天，太阳和月亮还是向西落下，中国的大河也大多向东流入大海。
kěshì tiānkōng shǐzhōng méiyǒu wánquán huīfù yuányàng zhídào jīntiān tàiyáng hé yuèliang háishi xiàng xī luò xià Zhōngguó de dà hé yě dàduō xiàng dōng liú rù dàhǎi
But the sky never fully returned to its old shape: to this day the sun and moon set in the west, and most of China's great rivers flow east into the sea.
From the story Nüwa mends the sky HSK 7–9 · Level 7
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太阳越往西走，夸父离它越近，他甚至能感到阳光像刀子一样割着他的皮肤。
tàiyáng yuè wǎng xī zǒu Kuāfù lí tā yuè jìn tā shènzhì néng gǎndào yángguāng xiàng dāozi yíyàng gē zhe tā de pífū
The further west the sun went, the closer Kuafu came, until he could feel the sunlight cutting his skin like knives.
From the story Kuafu chases the sun HSK 7–9 · Level 9
Stories using 西
- Zhang Qian's mission to the West HSK 6
- Nüwa mends the sky HSK 7–9 · Level 7
- Kuafu chases the sun HSK 7–9 · Level 9
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).