Memory phrase for the Kanji: 西
西
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Meaning
west, the West, abbr. for Spain 西班牙
Pronunciation
xī
Explanation
This sign has some similarity with sun 日 combined with to strokes 儿 , directing downwards. The upper line 一 is the horizon
Mnemonic
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Under the horizon the sun sinks at the sunset in the west.
Radicals
西
west This sign has a certain resemblance to the sun 日 in combination with strokes 儿 that point downwards to indicate sunset in the west.
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Vocabulary
西方
xī fāng
the West; the Occident; Western countries
649
西方
xī fāng
6396
西红柿炒鸡蛋
xī hóng shì chǎo jī dàn
scrambled chicken egg with fresh tomato (well known Mandarin dish)
6674
西红柿炒鸡蛋
xī hóng shì chǎo jī dàn
6779
法兰西斯・斐迪南
Fǎ lán xī sī · Fěi dí nán
Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria (1863-1914), heir to the Hapsburg throne, whose assassination in Sarajevo led to World War I
7592
西来庵
Xī lái ān
Xilai Temple (Tainan, Taiwan)
7716
西戎
Xī róng
the Xirong, an ancient ethnic group of Western China from the Zhou Dynasty onwards; Xionites (Central Asian nomads)
8129
西戎
Xī róng
8488
西戎
Xī róng
8489
西红柿
xī hóng shì
tomato
8494
西红柿
xī hóng shì
9311
西红柿
xī hóng shì
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