西

西 (radical 146, 西+0, 6 strokes, cangjie input 一金田 (MCW), four-corner 1060₀, composition ⿱一𠁤)

西 is the 146th radical of the Chinese dictionary. In its few compounds it most often appears at the top in the form 覀 as in 覄. It is important to distinguish it from 襾 and 酉.

• Index:Chinese_radical/西
• 𪎢

• KangXi: page 1128, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34763
• Dae Jaweon: page 1595, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2805, character 2
• Unihan data for U+897F

Historical forms of the character 西
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Pictogram (象形) – a bag or basket, borrowed for phonetic value. Compare 東 (OC *toːŋ, “bundle > east”). Traditionally explained as a pictogram of a bird settling into its nest, which by analogy with the setting of the sun means “west”. This etymology has been disputed (Sears), but Sagart (2004) stands by it.

西

1. west; western
2. (～村) Xi (a village in Dongsong, Luoning, Luoyang, Henan, China)

• 東／东 (dōng)
• 南 (nán)
• 北 (běi)

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. west
2. Europe, European
3. kanji used to transliterate foreign languages
4. Short for 西班牙 (Supein): Spain, Spanish
5. autumn

• Go-on: さい (sai, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: せい (sei, Jōyō)
• Tō-on: すい (sui)
• Kun: にし (nishi, 西, Jōyō)
• Nanori: あき (aki); いり (iri); かわち (kawachi)^{←かはち (kafati, historical)}

From adnominal 往にし (inishi, “leaving, passing”), as the direction of sunset. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) にし [nìshí] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • IPA^(key): [ɲ̟iɕi]

西 (hiragana にし, rōmaji nishi)

1. west (one of the four cardinal directions)

   Antonym: 東 (higashi)

2. the West
3. wind blowing from the west

   Antonym: 東 (higashi)

4. (theater) in kabukii:
   1. the left side of the stage in the Edo-style
   2. the right side of the stage in Kyoto and Osaka styles
5. (sumo) lower-ranked wrestlers listed on the left side of a banzuke

   Antonym: 東 (higashi)

6. a capitalist state (originally western Europe, as opposed to Eastern Bloc countries)

   Synonym: 西側 (nishigawa)

   Antonym: 東 (higashi)

• 西 (にし)向 (む)く侍 (さむらい) → 二 (に)四 (し)六 (む)九 (く)士 (さむらい) (nishi muku samurai, “westward-facing samurai → mnemonic for months with less than 31 days, with 士 standing for 十一”)

西 (hiragana にし, rōmaji Nishi)

1. (Buddhism) Synonym of 西方浄土 (Saihō Jōdo): the western paradise of Amitabha Buddha
2. (Buddhism) Short for 西本願寺 (Nishi Hongan-ji): a Buddhist temple in Kyoto

   Synonym: お西 (o-Nishi)

3. (historical) a red-light district in Edo-period Shinjuku (as it was located west of Edo Castle)
4. a place name, especially the name of various wards in major cities throughout Japan
5. a surname

Possibly a corruption of Mandarin 西 (xī, “west”).

西 (katakana シャー, rōmaji shā)

1. (mahjong) west wind (mahjong tile)

   Hypernym: 風牌 (kazehai, fanpai)

2. (mahjong)} a 役 (yaku, “winning hand”) with a triplet or quad of west wind tiles; depending on wind round and player's seat wind, it is worth either 1 or 2 翻 (han, “doubles”)

   Hypernym: 役牌 (yakuhai, yaku-pai)

• 風 (かぜ)牌 (ハイ) (kazehai, “wind tiles”): 東 (トン) (ton, “east wind”), 南 (ナン) (nan, “south wind”), 西 (シャー) (shā, “west wind”), 北 (ペー) (pē, “north wind”)

西 • (seo)

• Eumhun:
  • Sound (hangeul): 서
  • Name (hangeul): 서녘

1. west; western

西 (hiragana いり, romaji iri)

西 (hiragana いり, romaji iri)

1. the West

西: Hán Nôm readings: tây

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• Sơn Tây 山西
• Tây Sơn 西山
• Sài Gòn 西貢
• phía tây : 費西

• Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
• Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
• Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm, NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999