西

Information about character(s)

Radical: 襾
Radical Strokes: 6
Total Strokes: 6
Variants: 覀

Pronunciation

Pinyin: xī
Cantonese: sai1
JapaneseKun: NISHI
JapaneseOn: SEI SAI
Korean: SE
Vietnamese: tây

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: west(ern); westward, occident

CE-Dict: west

Soothill: paścima (पश्चिम), 跛室制麼; west; it is largely used in the limited sense of Kashmir in such terms as 西方 the west, or western regions; but it is also much used for the western heavens of Amitābha; 西天 is India, the western 天竺國.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.west
2.Western

21 Century bidirectional science and technology dictionary: west - 地理

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: west; Western

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: west; Western

湘雅醫學專業詞典: CALCULUS BOVIS from Northwest of China

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《西部》西鳥在巢上。象形。日在西方而鳥棲，故因以為東西之西。凡西之屬皆从西。

康熙字典文字版 【申集下】【襾字部】西
〔古文〕𠧧㢴【唐韻】先稽切【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】先齊切，𠀤音粞。【類篇】金方也。【說文】鳥在巢上也。日在西方而鳥栖，故因以爲東西之西篆。文作㢴，象形也。【前漢·律歷志】少隂者西方，西遷也。隂氣遷落物，於時爲秋。【尚書·大傳】西方者何，鮮方也。或曰鮮方，訊訊之方也。訊者，訊人之貌。　又地名。【晉書·地理志】西郡。【韻會】唐置西州。　又姓。【通志·氏族略】西氏。【姓苑】西門豹之後，改爲西。　又【集韻】相咨切，音私。義同。　又【篇海】蘇前切，音先。【前漢·郊祀歌】象載瑜，白集西，食甘露，飮榮泉。【後漢·趙壹傳·窮鳥賦】幸賴大賢，我矜我憐。昔濟我南，今振我西。　又【韻補】斯人切，叶音辛。【王延壽·魯靈光殿賦】𤣥醴騰湧於隂溝，甘露被宇而下臻。朱桂黝鯈於南北，芝蘭阿那於東西。　又【類篇】乙却切，音約。平量也。　又【廣韻】籀文作𠧧。○按《玉篇》等書西字另一部。今从《字彙》《正字通》附入襾部。
考證：〔【前漢·郊祀志】象載瑜，白集西，食甘露，飮榮泉。〕　謹按郊祀志無此文，謹照原書改郊祀歌。

Ding Fubao - Dictionary for Buddhist Studies (丁福保:佛學大辭典) （雜名）跛室制麼Pas/cima，見梵語雜名。

Buddhism words and phrases west

Japanese Places Nishi (loc)

CF-Dict: ouest/occidental

Han-De-Dict: Westen (u.E.) (Adj)/Radikal Nr. 146 = bedecken, Westen, westlich, abendländisch (u.E.)