JLPT N5 kanji · 6 strokes · #259 by frequency
西 — West, Spain
- Meaning
- West, Spain
- On'yomi (Chinese reading)
- セイサイス
- Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
- にし
- Radical
- 襾
Stroke order
6 strokes. The stroke to draw is in red; the previous ones are already in place.
Memory hook
A nest up above, the bird flies into it. That's the way the sun goes down in the west (西).
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Common vocabulary
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 西 | にし | west |
| 西洋 | せいよう | the West, the Occident, Western countries |
| 関西 | かんさい | Kansai (region comprising Kyoto, Osaka, Kobe and surrounding… |
| 西瓜 | すいか | watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) |
| 西日 | にしび | westering sun, setting sun, afternoon sun |
| 西暦 | せいれき | Common Era, CE, Christian Era |
Sources: meanings and readings based on KANJIDIC2 and JMdict (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0) · KanjiVG strokes © Ulrich Apel (CC BY-SA 3.0) · reading selection, French translations and memory hooks: Kanzen.