(ancient form of 西) the west

Evolution

㢴 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
㢴 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
㢴 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
㢴 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Definitions

 

(ancient form of 西) the west; western, European

 

old variant of 西[xī]

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Unicode

U+38B4

Shuowen

“西,鳥在巢上,象形。日在西方而鳥棲,故因以為東西之西。”


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