西 — kanji meaning “west”
西
west, Spain
- Meanings
- west, Spain
- On'yomi
- セイ (sei)、サイ (sai)、ス (su)
- Kun'yomi
- にし
- Name readings
- いり、ひし、むら
- Strokes
- 6
- School grade
- 2
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 4
- Newspaper frequency
- #259 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 146
- Chinese reading
- xī — Chinese character page
Words with 西
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 東西 | とうざい touzai | east and west |
| 西洋 | せいよう seiyou | the West; the Occident; Western countries |
| 関西 | かんさい kansai | Kansai (region comprising Kyoto, Osaka, Kobe and surrounding prefectures) |
| 西部 | せいぶ seibu | western part; the west (of a region) |
| 南西 | なんせい nansei | southwest |
| 北西 | ほくせい hokusei | northwest |
| 西欧 | せいおう seiou | Western Europe |
| 西日本 | にしにほん nishinihon | western Japan (usu. Chūbu region and westward) |
| 西暦 | せいれき seireki | Common Era; CE; Christian Era |
| 西側 | にしがわ nishigawa | west side; west bank |
| 西口 | にしぐち nishiguchi | west entrance; west exit |
| 西方 | せいほう seihou | western direction |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.