西 — Chinese character
西
xī
west, western, westward
- Pinyin
- xī
- Radical
- 146 ⾑ (West)
- Strokes
- 6
- Components
- 兀 囗
- Formation
- pictographic — A bird settling into its nest, representing sunset; compare 東
- Japanese
- 西 as a kanji
Common words with 西
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 东西 (東西) | dōng xī | east and west |
| 东西 (東西) | dōng xi | thing; stuff |
| 西部 | xī bù | western part |
| 西北 | xī běi | northwest |
| 西南 | xī nán | southwest |
| 法西斯 | fǎ xī sī | fascist (loanword) |
| 西侧 (西側) | xī cè | west side; west face |
| 西瓜 | xī guā | watermelon; 颗 (kē) |
| 西南部 | xī nán bù | southwest part |
| 西装 (西裝) | xī zhuāng | suit; Western-style clothes |
| 西边 (西邊) | xī biān | west; west side |
| 以西 | yǐ xī | to the west of (suffix) |
English words written with 西
西 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 4 · I Ching 6 · Mencius 22 · Zhuangzi 16
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.