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西 = 一
西 is a Japanese kanji written with 6 strokes, listed here under the keyword “west”. It is built from 一 (one). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1728. It appears as a component in 13 other characters in this index.
- Keyword
- west
- RTK frame
- 1728
- Strokes
- 6
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- セイ, サイ, ス
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- にし
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- old west, запад, helicopter
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 西 west(ern)
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
Characters that contain 西
- 価 value
- 要 need
- 票 ballot
- 栗 chestnut
- 遷 transition
- 覆 capsize
- 煙 smoke
- 覇 hegemony
- 洒 rinse
- 茜 madder red
- 晒 bleaching
- 栖 nestle
- 粟 foxtail millet
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