西 xī
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 西 — west, western, westward
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
西部
xībù
western part
Characters in this word
部 bù
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 阝 — place, town, city
- Made of
- 咅 to spit out 阝 place, town, city
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 西部很美。 Xībù hěn měi. The west is very beautiful.
- 他来自西部。 Tā láizì xībù. He comes from the west.
- 西部天气干。 Xībù tiānqì gān. The weather is dry in the west.