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西

xī

west

west
Memory picture

Character

西 xī

Strokes
6
Radical
西 — west, western, westward
Made of
兀 weak 囗 enclosure
How it's built
Pictograph — a drawing of the thing

Example phrases

  • 我想去西安。 Wǒ xiǎng qù Xī'ān. I want to go to Xi'an.
  • 西安在中国的西边。 Xī'ān zài Zhōngguó de xībian. Xi'an is in western China.
  • 我朋友在西安工作。 Wǒ péngyou zài Xī'ān gōngzuò. My friend works in Xi'an.

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