EntryCommonWaniKani 17
  1. Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

    west side; west bank

    この公園の西側に近いところは、道路の騒音も大きいが、奥にはいるともう聞こえない。
    Near the west side of the park there's a lot of noise from the road, but when you go into the park you can't hear it any more.
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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
cover
WaniKani
Level 5

Built from

Used in names as

いり、ひし、むら

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
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

side, lean, oppose, regret

Kun
かわ、がわ、そば
On
ソク
Strokes
11
Taught
Grade 4
JLPT
N3
Frequency
216 of 2500
Radical
person
WaniKani
Level 17

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
1-2-9SKIP code
2a9.4The Kanji Dictionary
2220.0Four corner code
2143deroo
5074Unicode hex code
1-34-06JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
509Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
275New Nelson (John Haig)
137New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
155Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
105Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
120Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
975Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1049Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
240A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
538Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
897Morohashi
535A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
609Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
619Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
667sakade
330Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
562henshall3
571Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
280crowley
809Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
3.12busy_people
119Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
984Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
ce4, ze4Pinyin reading
cheugKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
17WaniKani level