Chinese Etymology


Character Input: 西
Simplified (简体字):
Unicode := 897F
GB2312-80 := CEF7
西

Traditional (繁軆字):
Unicode := 897F
Big5 := A6E8
西
Phonetic (聲字部分): none

Signific (有意部分): 西卥卤 remnant

Etymology (文字來源): Remnant Primitive, a bag tied at one end - bags of stuff (東西)

Simplification (简化方法): no simplification

Cantonese (廣東話): sai1

Taiwanese (台灣話): sai1 se1

English Senses For (英文): xi1
卥卤西 west / the west / western / Western / the West / European / American / Occidental / foreign / a Chinese family name

ShuoWen (说文解字):
鳥在巢上象形日在西方而鳥棲故因以為東西之西凡西之屬皆從西

Class: traditional = simplified


Input Single Character (單字):


Seal (說文解字來的篆軆字) Characters


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  LST Seal (六書通來的篆軆字) Characters 

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L02179 L02180 L02181 L02182 L02183 L02184 L02185


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b16150 b16151 b16152 b16153 b16154 b16155 b16156

b16157 b16158 b16159 b16160 b16161 b16162 b16163


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j25761 j25762 j25763 j25764 j25765 j25766 j25767


j25768 j25769 j25770 j25771 j25772 j25773 j25774


j25775 j25776 j25777 j25778 j25779 j25780 j25781


j25782 j25783 j25784 j25785 j25786 j25787 j25788


j25789 j25790 j25791 j25792 j25793 j25794 j25795


j25796 j25797 j25798 j25799 j25800 j25801 j25802


j25803 j25804 j25805 j25806 j25807 j25808 j25809


j25810 j25811 j25812 j25813 j25814 j25815 j25816


j25817 j25818 j25819 j25820 j25821

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