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Keyword
west
  • Spain
Frequency
#259
Strokes
6
Grade
2
JLPT (old)
N4
Heisig
1728
Readings
セイ55%
にし30%
サイ15%
Mnemonic
High and steep, a mountain has a mouth in the middle gulping down the sun, which sinks into the west.
Stroke order
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Used in kanji
Used in vocabulary
関かん西さい
Kansai (region comprising Kyoto, Osaka, Kobe and surrounding prefectures)
Noun
西にし
west
Noun
西にし側がわ
west side; west bank
Noun
大たい西せい洋よう
Atlantic Ocean
Noun
東とう西ざい
east and west; Orient and Occident; East and West; ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!; roll-up, roll-up
Noun
西せい欧おう
Western Europe; the West; the Occident; Europe
Noun
西せい部ぶ
western part; the west (of a region); the West (United States)
Noun
南なん西せい
southwest
Noun
西にし日本にほん
western Japan (usu. Chūbu region and westward)
Noun
西せい洋よう
the West; the Occident; Western countries
Noun
北ほく西せい
northwest
Noun
西せい独どく
West Germany (1949-1990)
Noun
西にし口ぐち
west entrance; west exit
Noun
西瓜すいか
watermelon (Citrullus lanatus)
Noun
西せい洋よう人じん
Western person; Westerner
Noun
西せい暦れき
Common Era; CE; Christian Era; anno domini; AD; Western (Gregorian) calendar
Noun
北ほく北ほく西せい
north-northwest
Noun
西にしドイツ
West Germany (1949-1990); Federal Republic of Germany
Noun
西せい方ほう
western direction
Noun
西せい洋よう式しき
Western-style; Western-fashioned
No-adjective
西せい南なん西せい
west-southwest
Noun
西せい
Spain
Noun
西シャー
west wind tile; winning hand with a pung (or kong) of west wind tiles
Noun