| 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
1103 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 威 【イ】 power, authority, might, influence, dignity, majesty
- 威嚇 【イカク】 threat, intimidation, menace
- 球威 【キュウイ】 (pitcher's) stuff
- 国威 【コクイ】 national prestige
Kun reading compounds
- 脅す 【おどす】 to threaten, to menace, to frighten (into doing)
- 縅 【おどし】 leather strap binding the plates of traditional Japanese armor (armour)
- 脅し 【おどし】 threat, bird-scaring device (scarecrow, gun, etc.)
- 糸威 【いとおどし】 binding of plates with colored laces (in traditional suits of armor)
- 白糸威 【しろいとおどし】 binding of plates with white laces (in traditional suits of armor)
- 脅かす 【おどかす】 to threaten, to menace, to intimidate, to startle, to frighten, to scare
Readings
- Japanese names:
- いさ、 たけ、 たけし
- Korean:
- wi
Spanish
- dignidad
- majestad
- amenazar
- intimidar
- fuerza
Portuguese
- intimidar
- dignidade
- majestade
- ameaça
- ameaçar
French
- intimidant
- dignité
- majesté
- menacer
| 1002 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 982 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1803 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1011 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1194 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1251 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1339 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1422 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1333 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 428 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4394 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2226 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2993 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 370 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 6259 | Morohashi |
| 3578 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1219 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 364 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 389 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1243 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1459 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4n5.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-9-4 | SKIP code |
| 5320.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-16-50 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5a01 | Unicode hex code |