CHINESE SCRIPT

CHINESE CHARACTER FORMATION & ETYMOLOGY

 

 

西

 

 

6 strokes (西)

ㄒl1 (xi1)

 

西 = west, western; westward, occident => picture of a bird in a nest, which relates to the fact that birds return to their nest when the sun sets, i.e. in the west (radical 146)

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