| 96 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 169 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 152 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 167 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4273 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 28 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 83 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 336 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.20 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 72 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 72 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 40 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1638 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4333 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2193 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2951 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1616 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 34763 | Morohashi |
| 3520 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5514 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1602 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1728 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 198 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 128 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
西
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
259 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 西 【セイ】 Spain
- 西欧 【セイオウ】 Western Europe, the West, the Occident, Europe
- 南西 【ナンセイ】 southwest
- 北北西 【ホクホクセイ】 north-northwest
- 西方 【セイホウ】 western direction, Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise), western fighter in a match (e.g. sumo)
- 西遊 【セイユウ】 westward trip, trip to the West
- 西瓜 【スイカ】 watermelon (Citrullus lanatus)
- 西班牙 【スペイン】 Spain
Kun reading compounds
- 西 【にし】 west
- 西方 【せいほう】 western direction, Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise), western fighter in a match (e.g. sumo)
- 南西 【なんせい】 southwest
- 京都外大西 【きょうとがいだいにし】 Kyoto Gaidainishi
Readings
- Japanese names:
- いり、 ひし、 むら
- Korean:
- seo
Spanish
- Oeste
- España
Portuguese
- oeste
- Espanha
French
- Ouest
- Espagne
| 3275 | 2001 Kanji |
| 0a6.20 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-6-1 | SKIP code |
| 1060.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-32-30 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 897f | Unicode hex code |
outskirts, suburbs, rural area
- On:
- コウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1304 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 郊外 【コウガイ】 suburb, residential area on the outskirt of a city, commuter belt
- 郊外化 【コウガイカ】 suburbanization
- 南郊 【ナンコウ】 southern suburbs
- 北郊 【ホッコウ】 northern suburbs
Readings
- Korean:
- gyo
Spanish
- afueras
- suburbios
- área rural
Portuguese
- periferia
- subúrbios
- área rural
French
- périphérie
- banlieue
- zone rurale
| 1254 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1237 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4761 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1030 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 968 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 888 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 817 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 836 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 503 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 756 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1638 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 864 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1181 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1861 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 39392 | Morohashi |
| 1286 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6137 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1844 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1987 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1299 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 444 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2d6.8 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-6-3 | SKIP code |
| 1-6-2 | SKIP code |
| 0742.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-25-57 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 90ca | Unicode hex code |