西

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北西 北東
西 RoVe100.png
南西 南東

Fig.1.


NishiDraw.png

Draw of 西 by jisho [1]

(西, X897F) is unicode character number 35199, KanjiLiberal.

西 can be pronounced as "nishi" and mean West.

Encoding

The Utf8 encoding of (西, X897F) and the other three kanjis denoting directions (方位) can be revealed with PHP program du.t; command

php du.t 北南東西

produces the following output:

北南東西
The array has 12 bytes; here is its splitting:
e5 8c 97 e5 8d 97 e6 9d b1 e8 a5 bf
array(4) {
  [0]=>
  string(3) "北"
  [1]=>
  string(3) "南"
  [2]=>
  string(3) "東"
  [3]=>
  string(3) "西"
}

Unicode character number 21271 id est, X5317
Picture:  ; uses 3 bytes. These bytes are:
XE5 X8C X97 in the hexadecimal representation and
229 140 151 in the decimal representation

Unicode character number 21335 id est, X5357
Picture:  ; uses 3 bytes. These bytes are:
XE5 X8D X97 in the hexadecimal representation and
229 141 151 in the decimal representation

Unicode character number 26481 id est, X6771
Picture:  ; uses 3 bytes. These bytes are:
XE6 X9D XB1 in the hexadecimal representation and
230 157 177 in the decimal representation

Unicode character number 35199 id est, X897F
Picture: 西 ; uses 3 bytes. These bytes are:
XE8 XA5 XBF in the hexadecimal representation and
232 165 191 in the decimal representation

At nihongomaster, the unicode character number 35199 (西, X897F) appears as kanji number 36496 [2]. (That may cause some confusion, as unicode character number 36496 is ).

Semantic

 北西    北北西        北北東   北東
西北西   \( ^\rule{0pt}{28pt} \)   東北東
西 RoseVents2048.png   
西南西 \( _\rule{0pt}{28pt} \)   東南東
 南西    南南西        南南東   南東



The 3-kanji constructions with characters , , , 西 are allowed to specify the direction more precisely, as it is shown in figure at right.

Examples

The nihongomaster [2] suggests the examples below:

Examples of 西,にし in a Sentence

列車は西へ走っていた。 The train was hurrying west.

たとえ太陽が西から昇ろうとも、私は決心を変えません。 Even if the sun were to rise in the west, I would not change my mind.

太陽は東から昇り、西へ沈む。 The sun rises in the east and sets in the west.

たとえ太陽が西から昇るようなことがあっても、私の決心は変わらない。 Even if the sun were to rise in the west, I would not change my mind.

コロンブスは西へいけばインドへ到着すると主張した。 Columbus argued that he could reach India by going west.

場所は西バージニア州の遠く離れた小さな山村。 The scene was a tiny mountain village in a remote section of West Virginia.

たとえ太陽が西から昇っても、私は決心を変えません。 Even if the sun were to rise in the west, I would not change my mind.

コロンブスは新しい大陸を探し、更に西へと航海した。 Columbus sailed farther west to look for a new continent.

たとえ太陽が西から昇っても、君の計画には同意しないだろう。 If the sun were to rise in the west, I would never agree to your plan.

仮に太陽が西から昇ることがあっても、私は決心を変えません。 If the sun were to rise in the west, I wouldn't change my mind.


The jisho [1] suggests the following examples:

西 【セイ】 Spain, Spanish (language)

西遊記 【サイユウキ】 Monkey (Monkey King, Magic Monkey), Journey to the West (classic of Chinese literature)

南西 【ナンセイ】 southwest

北北西 【ホクホクセイ】 north-northwest

西遊記 【サイユウキ】 Monkey (Monkey King, Magic Monkey), Journey to the West (classic of Chinese literature)

西方 【セイホウ】 western direction, Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise), western fighter in a match (e.g. sumo)

西瓜 【スイカ】 watermelon (Citrullus lanatus)

西班牙 【スペイン】 Spain

Graphic

Character 西 looks as overlapping of Greek letter \( \pi \) and
slightly deformed square, some of ,,,.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 https://jisho.org/search/%23kanji%20%E8%A5%BF
    https://jisho.org/search/%23kanji%20西 西 6 strokes Radical: west 西 (襾, 覀) Parts: 西 Variants: west, Spain Kun: にし On: セイ、 サイ、 ス Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2 JLPT level N5 259 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers Words starting with 西 Words ending with 西 Words containing 西 External links Stroke order On reading compounds 西 【セイ】 Spain, Spanish (language) 西遊記 【サイユウキ】 Monkey (Monkey King, Magic Monkey), Journey to the West (classic of Chinese literature) 南西 【ナンセイ】 southwest 北北西 【ホクホクセイ】 north-northwest 西遊記 【サイユウキ】 Monkey (Monkey King, Magic Monkey), Journey to the West (classic of Chinese literature) 西方 【セイホウ】 western direction, Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise), western fighter in a match (e.g. sumo) 西瓜 【スイカ】 watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) 西班牙 【スペイン】 Spain Kun reading compounds 西 【にし】 west 西方 【せいほう】 western direction, Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise), western fighter in a match (e.g. sumo) 南西 【なんせい】 southwest 東は東西は西 【ひがしはひがしにしはにし】 East is East, and West is West
  2. 2.0 2.1 https://www.nihongomaster.com/dictionary/entry/36496/nishi 西, にし nishi JLPT LEVEL 5 Definition noun (common) (futsuumeishi) west .. (2021)

http://www.manythings.org/kanji/d/897f.htm 西 west セイ、サイ にし .. www.manythings.org/kanji Copyright © 2005 by Charles Kelly

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