IDENTITY
西xīwest
HSK 1Top 200
CORE MEANING
west
- Part of speech
- noun
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.westHSK1
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 覀west cover radical (xī)
- strokes
- 6
- Structure
- single structure
- IDS sequence
- ⿱一𠁤
- part of the structure
- part of the structure
USAGE
Common words
东西dōngxithing
西边xībianwest side
西瓜xīguāwatermelon
Graded examples
商店在路的西边。Shāngdiàn zài lù de xībian.HSK2
The shop is on the west side of the road.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
LEARNING
Memory aid
A bird settling into its nest at sunset — the west. (Old picture of a nest.)
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #200
- Memory aid
- imagery
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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