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西安 (Xī ān): meaning and stroke order

西安 (Xī ān) means see 西安市, see 西安区.

西安

Simplified
西安
Traditional
西安 (same form)
Pinyin
Xī ān

Stroke order of 西安

西

  • Xī the West; abbr. for Spain 西班牙[Xi1 ban1 ya2]
  • xī west
  • 6 strokes

Stroke by stroke

安

  • Ān surname An
  • ān (bound form) calm; peaceful; to calm; to set at ease
  • 6 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 西安

  1. Xī ān
    • see 西安市[Xi1 an1 Shi4]
    • see 西安區|西安区[Xi1 an1 Qu1]

Radicals of the characters

西
Radical 襾 (Kangxi radical 146) · 6 strokes · 一 on top, 𠁤 below
安
Radical 宀 (Kangxi radical 40) · 6 strokes · 宀 on top, 女 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.

西安 in our stories

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  • 放暑假了，赵乐一个人坐高铁去西安。

    fàng shǔjià le Zhào Lè yí gè rén zuò gāotiě qù Xī'ān

    The summer holidays have begun, and Zhao Le is taking the high-speed train to Xi'an on his own.

    From the story The train to Xi'an HSK 3

  • 韦岚在西安一家公司做了八年，上个月，总部请她去上海当部门经理。

    Wéi Lán zài Xī'ān yì jiā gōngsī zuò le bā nián shàng gè yuè zǒngbù qǐng tā qù Shànghǎi dāng bùmén jīnglǐ

    Wei Lan had worked for a company in Xi'an for eight years. Last month head office asked her to go to Shanghai as a department manager.

    From the story No perfect answer HSK 6

Stories using 西安

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).