西
xīXī HSK1

west

西 xī frequency
west directional

太阳正慢慢向西落下。

tài​yang zhèng màn​màn xiàng xī luò​xià.

The sun is slowly setting in the west.

西 Xī
west directional
the west; one of the four cardinal directions or the Western world

这家餐馆经营中西特色菜肴。

zhè jiā cān​guǎn jīng​yíng Zhōng Xī tè​sè cài​yáo.

This restaurant serves both Chinese and Western specialties.

Spain noun
abbreviation for Spain or the Spanish language

他在大学主修西语。

tā zài dà​xué zhǔ​xiū Xī yǔ.

He majored in Spanish at university.

Cross-References

Has old variant

Frequency
Character
Written text
167th most common 1259.0 per million
Movie subtitles
143rd most common 1260.1 per million appears in 98% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
77.7 per million appears in 19% of films
Written text
159.5 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 1
HSK 3.0
Level 1
Strokes
6
Unicode
U+897F

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)