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Entry

  1. Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), I-adjective (keiyoushi)

    not knowing one's way around; being unfamiliar with an area; not knowing west from east

    see 右も左もわからない

    この町は西も東も分かりません。
    I'm quite a stranger in this town.

  2. not knowing what to do; being clueless

    see 右も左もわからない

Also written 西も東も分からない【にしもひがしもわからない】

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Characters in this word

2
西
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

west, Spain

Kun
にし
On
セイサイス
Strokes
6
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N5
Frequency
259 of 2500
Radical
襾 cover
WaniKani
Level 5

Built from

西

Used in names as

いりひしむら

Words starting with 西Words ending in 西Anywhere in a word
Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
4-6-1SKIP code
0a6.20The Kanji Dictionary
1060.0Four corner code
3275deroo
897fUnicode hex code
1-32-30JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4273Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5514New Nelson (John Haig)
3520New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4333Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2193Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2951Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1602Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1728Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
167A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
336Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
28Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
34763Morohashi
152A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
72Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
72Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
96sakade
83Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
169henshall3
128Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
198crowley
40Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.20busy_people
1638Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1616Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
xi1Pinyin reading
seoKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
5WaniKani level
東
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

east

Kun
ひがし
On
トウ
Strokes
8
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N5
Frequency
37 of 2500
Radical
木 tree
WaniKani
Level 6

Built from

｜一日木田

Used in names as

あいあがりあずまあづまこちさきしのとおはるひがもと

Words starting with 東Words ending in 東Anywhere in a word
Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
4-8-3SKIP code
0a8.9The Kanji Dictionary
5090.6Four corner code
1564deroo
6771Unicode hex code
1-37-76JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
213Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2596New Nelson (John Haig)
3568New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4385Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2221Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2987Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
504Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
543Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
11A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
771Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
27Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
14499Morohashi
184A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
71Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
71Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
121sakade
63Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
201henshall3
164Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
108crowley
39Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.10busy_people
1053Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
516Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
dong1Pinyin reading
dongKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
6WaniKani level