西

noun, takes genitive case の

  1. west side, west bank.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
西
西側 にしがわ

Contained Kanji Breakdown

west, Spain
にし サイ セイ (2nd, N5)
high & level, lofty, bald
コツ (Kentei 1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
legs radical (no. 10)
ジン ニン がい (Kentei 1)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
side, lean, oppose
かわ ソク そば (4th, N3)
human radical (no. 9)
rule, follow, based on
ソク のり のっと.る (5th, N2)
shellfish
かい バイ (1st, N2)
eye, class, look
め モク ボク (1st, N4)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)
knife, standing sword radical (no. 18)
トウ