Read Edit View history 西 xīXī HSK1 west Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint 西 was written two different ways in ancient scripts: (1) a pictograph of a bird's nest, and (2) a variant of the phonetically similar 囟. Pinyin Separate values with commas xi ×xī × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components No items. + Add component Stroke Data 西 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 252, 694 ], [ 276, 686 ], [ 346, 684 ], [ 682, 741 ], [ 741, 741 ] ], [ [ 149, 488 ], [ 185, 461 ], [ 206, 423 ], [ 238, 169 ], [ 260, 93 ] ], [ [ 223, 473 ], [ 250, 459 ], [ 481, 500 ], [ 777, 530 ], [ 799, 529 ], [ 820, 515 ], [ 836, 492 ], [ 835, 483 ], [ 797, 244 ], [ 769, 140 ], [ 739, 105 ], [ 692, 135 ], [ 677, 135 ] ], [ [ 370, 660 ], [ 405, 631 ], [ 402, 480 ], [ 375, 363 ], [ 335, 284 ], [ 319, 265 ] ], [ [ 522, 685 ], [ 562, 656 ], [ 549, 449 ], [ 558, 377 ], [ 572, 347 ], [ 587, 333 ], [ 630, 325 ], [ 687, 328 ], [ 723, 338 ] ], [ [ 284, 120 ], [ 297, 136 ], [ 371, 146 ], [ 620, 170 ], [ 692, 161 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 581 694 Q 621 701 666 706 Q 738 719 749 728 Q 759 737 755 746 Q 748 761 715 770 Q 687 779 602 756 Q 437 713 262 705 Q 220 701 248 680 Q 294 650 358 661 Q 359 662 362 661 L 409 668 Q 460 677 515 684 L 581 694 Z", "M 215 475 Q 187 494 155 502 Q 148 505 141 498 Q 131 491 143 477 Q 197 393 204 189 Q 205 120 248 84 Q 251 81 255 79 Q 277 73 278 110 Q 278 111 278 112 L 274 157 Q 246 346 241 434 C 239 460 239 460 215 475 Z", "M 666 141 Q 705 75 712 43 Q 721 27 731 28 Q 747 29 763 54 Q 791 91 804 137 Q 825 198 858 421 Q 864 461 878 482 Q 899 504 884 511 Q 868 530 827 549 Q 802 567 775 557 Q 741 547 652 539 Q 612 536 574 531 L 533 526 Q 476 520 429 511 L 381 503 Q 377 503 375 502 Q 293 486 215 475 C 185 471 212 425 241 434 Q 241 435 245 436 Q 311 457 377 463 L 423 470 Q 480 480 532 485 L 571 490 Q 778 514 791 497 Q 798 490 794 447 Q 779 270 745 172 Q 738 147 716 151 Q 709 155 700 160 C 671 166 651 167 666 141 Z", "M 362 661 Q 384 625 381 503 L 377 463 Q 368 385 316 275 Q 312 269 311 264 Q 310 254 318 257 Q 348 263 395 367 Q 396 370 398 373 Q 413 413 422 462 Q 422 466 423 470 L 429 511 Q 432 539 433 567 Q 433 600 437 628 Q 444 641 436 651 Q 426 661 409 668 C 382 681 349 688 362 661 Z", "M 574 531 Q 580 592 599 662 Q 603 678 594 687 Q 588 691 581 694 C 555 709 500 710 515 684 Q 536 663 533 537 Q 533 533 533 526 L 532 485 Q 522 346 566 313 Q 588 294 683 306 Q 717 310 728 327 Q 737 339 729 346 Q 720 353 629 350 Q 566 347 571 479 Q 570 485 571 490 L 574 531 Z", "M 278 112 Q 282 112 291 113 Q 412 135 666 141 C 696 142 716 142 700 160 Q 691 172 666 192 Q 647 205 607 198 Q 421 167 274 157 C 244 155 248 110 278 112 Z" ] } 6 strokes 西 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "animcjk", "medians": [ [ [ 244, 694 ], [ 363, 687 ], [ 750, 743 ] ], [ [ 143, 493 ], [ 206, 428 ], [ 254, 84 ] ], [ [ 216, 466 ], [ 777, 533 ], [ 826, 512 ], [ 841, 490 ], [ 793, 229 ], [ 727, 33 ] ], [ [ 367, 666 ], [ 407, 634 ], [ 399, 458 ], [ 316, 264 ] ], [ [ 521, 687 ], [ 564, 656 ], [ 550, 437 ], [ 567, 356 ], [ 610, 328 ], [ 728, 336 ] ], [ [ 269, 147 ], [ 656, 171 ], [ 720, 147 ] ] ], 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