| 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 |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
323 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 施工 【セコウ】 construction, constructing, carrying out, work, formation, workmanship, execution
- 施行 【シコウ】 putting in force (a law), putting into operation, putting into effect, enforcement, carrying out (a plan, policy, etc.), execution
- 施行 【シコウ】 putting in force (a law), putting into operation, putting into effect, enforcement, carrying out (a plan, policy, etc.), execution
- 施工 【セコウ】 construction, constructing, carrying out, work, formation, workmanship, execution
- 布施 【フセ】 alms-giving, charity, offerings (usu. money) to a priest (for reading sutras, etc.)
- 仕着せ 【シキセ】 servant's clothes provided by an employer, livery
Kun reading compounds
- 施す 【ほどこす】 to give (time, money, goods), to donate, to do, to perform, to conduct, to apply (processing, makeup, etc.), to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation), to sow, to seed, to scatter (e.g. fertilizer), to sprinkle, to spread far and wide
Readings
- Korean:
- si, i
Spanish
- distribuir
- dar limosnas
- administrar primeros auxilios
Portuguese
- esmola
- aplicar ataduras
- adminatração de 1º socorros
French
- donner
- aumône
- poser des bandages
- administrer 1ers secours
| 1318 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 451 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2085 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1022 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1399 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 831 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1004 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1041 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 612 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 958 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1103 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 599 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 792 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1054 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 13629 | Morohashi |
| 891 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2391 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1045 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1124 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1261 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 456 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4h5.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-4-5 | SKIP code |
| 0821.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-27-60 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 65bd | Unicode hex code |