西 – west, Spain

6 strokesTaught in grade 2#259 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 西 means west, Spain. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is セイ、サイ、ス (sei, sai, su); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is にし (nishi). It is written with 6 strokes, under radical 襾 (no. 146).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	セイ	sei
On’yomi	サイ	sai
On’yomi	ス	su
Kun’yomi	にし	nishi

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 襾 (Kangxi radical 146).

Words using 西

西にしwest西洋せいようthe West関西かんさいKansai (region comprising Kyoto, Osaka, Kobe and surrounding prefectures)西暦せいれきCommon Era東西とうざいeast and west西日にしびwestering sun

Example sentences

列車は西へ走っていた。

The train was hurrying west.

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それらは西洋の風呂よりずっといいです。

They are much better than Western baths.

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その飛行機は今ごろは関西空港に当然着いているはずだ。

The plane should have arrived at Kansai Airport by now.

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Kanji with the same radical

要覆

Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.