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Zach

西

Readings

Kana: セイ、サイ、ス、にし
Romaji: sei, sai, su, nishi
Kana
Romaji

Name Readings

Kana: いり、ひし、むら
Romaji: iri, hishi, mura
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

west, Spain

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  6
Radical Number:  146
Frequency:  259
Grade:  2
Skip Pattern:  4-6-1
Korean Reading:  seo
Chinese Reading:  xi1
Unicode:  897f
JIS:  403E

Indexes

Halpern Index: 3520
Nelson Index: 4273
New Nelson Index: 5514
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 0a6.20
Four Corner Index: 1060.0
Guide to Remembering Index: 152
Gakken Index: 167
Japanese Names Index: 336
Daikanwanjiten Index: 34763
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 10.0279
Remembering the kanji Index: 1602
Busy People Index: 2.20
Kanji Way Index: 198
Kanji Flashcards Index: 83
Kodansha Compact Index: 1638
Read Writing Kanji Third Index: 169
Kanji in Context Index: 40
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 2193
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2951
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 1616
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1728
Essential Kanji Index: 28
Kodansha Kanji Index: 4333
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 3275
Read Writing the Kanji Index: 96
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 128

Words

西 (にし)
west
関西 (かんさい、かんせい)
Kansai (south-western half of Japan, including Osaka)
西日本 (にしにほん、にしにっぽん)
western Japan; Japan west of the Itoigawa-Shizuoka Tectonic Line, i.e. the Chubu region and westward
南西 (なんせい、みなみにし)
southwest
西側 (にしがわ)
west side; west bank
西 (せい)
Spain
西部 (せいぶ)
western part; the west (of a region); the West (i.e. of the US)
北西 (ほくせい)
northwest
東西 (とうざい、ひがしにし)
east and west; Orient and Occident; East and West; Ladies and Gentlemen!; Your attention, please!; roll-up, roll-up
西洋 (せいよう)
the west; Western countries
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