西 xī
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 西 — west, western, westward
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
西瓜
xīguā
watermelon
Characters in this word
瓜 guā
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 瓜 — melon, gourd, squash, cucumber
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 我吃西瓜。 Wǒ chī xīguā. I eat watermelon.
- 西瓜很甜。 Xīguā hěn tián. The watermelon is very sweet.
- 买个西瓜。 Mǎi ge xīguā. Buy a watermelon.