西
じゅ

noun

Messages.hist.
  1. Xirong, Rong, inhabitants of the extremities of China as early as the Shang dynasty (1765-1122 BCE), barbarians to the west.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
西
じゅ
西戎 せいじゅう

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)
warrior, arms, barbarian
えびす ジュウ つわもの (Kentei Pre-1)
halberd, arms, festival car
ほこ カ ほこづくり (Kentei 1)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
piling, ceremony radical (no. 56)
ヨク いぐるみ (Kentei 1)
ten
ジュウ ジッ ジュッ (1st, N5)