Chinese symbol for “west”
西
xī
west
The closest CC-CEDICT match for west is 西 (xī), defined as: west.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “west”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 西边 (西邊) | xī biān | west; west side |
| 右 | yòu | (bound form) right; right-hand side; (bound form) (politics) right of center |
| 西面 | xī miàn | west side; west |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 西.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 东西 (東西) | dōng xī | east and west |
| 西部 | xī bù | western part |
| 西北 | xī běi | northwest |
| 西南 | xī nán | southwest |
| 法西斯 | fǎ xī sī | fascist (loanword) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “west”.
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.