西 xī
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 西 — west, western, westward
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
西装
xīzhuāng
suit
Characters in this word
装 zhuāng
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 衣 — cloth
- Made of
- 壮 big, large 衣 cloth
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 他穿西装。 Tā chuān xīzhuāng. He wears a suit.
- 西装很合身。 Xīzhuāng hěn héshēn. The suit fits well.
- 这件西装贵。 Zhè jiàn xīzhuāng guì. This suit is expensive.