西 (xī)

west; Western

How 西 is written

Strokes
6
Traditional
西
Simplified
西 (unchanged)

Common words using 西

東西 dōngxī
east and west
西安 xīān
Xi'an city, subprovincial city and capital of Shaanxi 陝西省|陕西省[Shan3 xi1 sheng3] in northwest China; see 西安區|西安区[Xi1 an1 qu1]
西遊記 xīyóujì
Journey to the West, Ming dynasty novel by Wu Cheng'en 吳承恩|吴承恩, one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature; also called Pilgrimage to the West or Monkey
中西 zhōngxī
China and the West; Chinese-Western
切爾西 qièěrxī
Chelsea
卡西歐 kǎxīōu
Casio
印度尼西亞 yìndùníxīyà
Indonesia
可可西里 kěkěxīlǐ
Hoh Xil or Kekexili, vast nature reserve on Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau 青藏高原[Qing1 Zang4 gao1 yuan2]
各奔東西 gèbèndōngxī
to go separate ways (idiom); to part ways with someone
墨西哥 mòxīgē
Mexico
大西洋 dàxīyáng
Atlantic Ocean
山西 shānxī
Shanxi province (Shansi) in north China between Hebei and Shaanxi, abbr. 晋 capital Taiyuan 太原

西 in a sentence

太陽從西邊落下。

Tàiyáng cóng xībiān luòxià.

“The sun sets in the west.”

How common is 西?

西 is the 167th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 52.1% of all running text.

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