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西域 (Xī yù): meaning and stroke order

西域 (Xī yù) means Western Regions (Han Dynasty term for regions beyond Yumen Pass 玉门关).

西域

Simplified
西域
Traditional
西域 (same form)
Pinyin
Xī yù

Stroke order of 西域

西

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

Stroke by stroke

域

  • yù field; region
  • 11 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 西域

  1. Xī yù
    • Western Regions (Han Dynasty term for regions beyond Yumen Pass 玉門關|玉门关[Yu4 men2 Guan1])

Radicals of the characters

西
Radical 襾 (Kangxi radical 146) · 6 strokes · 一 on top, 𠁤 below
域
Radical 土 (Kangxi radical 32) · 11 strokes · 土 on the left, 或 on the right

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.

西域 in our stories

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  • 他没有带回军队，却带回了西域各国的情况：那里的山川、物产和风俗。后来，一条连接东西的商路慢慢形成了，这就是丝绸之路。

    tā méiyǒu dàihuí jūnduì què dài huí le Xīyù gèguó de qíngkuàng nàli de shānchuān wùchǎn hé fēngsú hòulái yì tiáo liánjiē dōngxi de shānglù mànmàn xíngchéng le zhè jiù shì Sīchóu zhī Lù

    He brought back no army, but he brought back knowledge of the lands of the West: their mountains and rivers, their products and their customs. Later a trade route linking east and west slowly took shape: the Silk Road.

    From the story Zhang Qian's mission to the West HSK 6

  • 有一个传说讲，西域一个小国的国王娶了一位中国公主，请求她带些蚕种过来。

    yǒu yí gè chuánshuō jiǎng Xīyù yí gè xiǎoguó de guówáng qǔ le yí wèi Zhōngguó gōngzhǔ qǐngqiú tā dài xiē cánzhǒng guòlai

    One legend tells that the king of a small kingdom in the Western Regions married a Chinese princess and asked her to bring some silkworm eggs with her.

    From the story Leizu and the silkworm HSK 7–9 · Level 8

Stories using 西域

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).