Memory phrase for the character: 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
 
Under the horizon the sun sinks at the sunset in the west.

Radicals

西 westThis 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
西方 xī fāng  
西红柿炒鸡蛋 xī hóng shì chǎo jī dàn  scrambled chicken egg with fresh tomato (well known Mandarin dish)
西红柿炒鸡蛋 xī hóng shì chǎo jī dàn  
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
西来庵 Xī lái ān  Xilai Temple (Tainan, Taiwan)
西戎 Xī róng  the Xirong, an ancient ethnic group of Western China from the Zhou Dynasty onwards; Xionites (Central Asian nomads)
西戎 Xī róng  
西戎 Xī róng  
西红柿 xī hóng shì  tomato
西红柿 xī hóng shì  
西红柿 xī hóng shì  

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