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Chinese symbol for “northwestern”

西北方
xī běi fāng
northwest; northwestern

The closest CC-CEDICT match for northwestern is 西北方 (xī běi fāng), defined as: northwest; northwestern.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

西 xī
west, western, westward
radical 146 ⾑ · 6 strokes
北 běi
north; northern; northward
radical 21 ⼔ · 5 strokes
方 fāng
square, rectangle; side; region; flag
radical 70 ⽅ · 4 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 西北方.

WordPinyinMeaning
东西 (東西)dōng xīeast and west
西部xī bùwestern part
西北xī běinorthwest
西南xī nánsouthwest
法西斯fǎ xī sīfascist (loanword)
东北 (東北)dōng běinortheast
北部běi bùnorthern part
北方běi fāngnorth; the northern part a country
地方dì fāngregion; regional (away from the central administration)

See also: Japanese symbol for “northwestern”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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