西
西 — seo
Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).
- Korean reading
- 서녘 서
- Romanization
- seo
- English
- west(ern); westward; occident; Kangxi radical 146
- Mandarin
- xī
- Japanese on'yomi
- セイ, サイ, シ, セン, アク, ヤク
- Japanese kun'yomi
- にし
- Japanese usage
- Jōyō kanji
- School grade
- Grade 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #259 of 2,500
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 襾 (146, 0 residual)
- Unicode
- U+897F
Korean example words with 西
- 서천西天 Korean gloss: 서쪽 하늘
- 극서極西 Korean gloss: 서쪽의 맨 끝
- 서주西疇 Korean gloss: 서쪽에 있는 밭
- 서창西窓 Korean gloss: 서쪽으로 난 창
- 서방西方 Korean gloss: 서유럽의 자유주의 국가
- 서풍西風 Korean gloss: 서쪽에서 불어오는 바람
- 태서泰西 Korean gloss: ‘서양’을 예스럽게 이르는 말
- 동서東西 Korean gloss: 동양과 서양을 아울러 이르는 말
- 서변西邊 Korean gloss: 서쪽 부근. 또는 서쪽의 변두리
- 양서兩西 Korean gloss: 황해도와 평안도를 아울러 이르는 말
- 이서以西 Korean gloss: 어떤 지점을 기준으로 하여 그 서쪽
- 북서北西 Korean gloss: 북쪽을 기준으로 북쪽과 서쪽 사이의 방위
Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)
Japanese words with 西
- 西にし west
- 関西かんさい Kansai (region comprising Kyoto, Osaka, Kobe and surrounding prefectures); Kansai (western half of Japan; during the feudal era)
- 西側にしがわ west side; west bank
- 東西とうざい east and west; Orient and Occident; East and West
- 西欧せいおう Western Europe; the West; the Occident
- 大西洋たいせいよう Atlantic Ocean
- 西部せいぶ western part; the west (of a region); the West (United States)
- 南西なんせい southwest
- 西日本にしにほん western Japan (usu. Chūbu region and westward)
- 西洋せいよう the West; the Occident; Western countries
- 北西ほくせい northwest
- 西独せいどく West Germany (1949-1990)
Characters sharing the phonetic 西
Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.
Other hanja read “서”
Other hanja with radical 襾
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