| 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 |
ocean, sea, foreign, Western style
- On:
- ヨウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
763 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 洋 【ヨウ】 Occident and Orient (esp. the Occident), ocean, sea, foreign, Western, European
- 洋画 【ヨウガ】 Western painting, Western film, Western movie
- 南氷洋 【ナンヒョウヨウ】 Antarctic Ocean
- 環太平洋 【カンタイヘイヨウ】 Pacific Rim
Readings
- Japanese names:
- なだ、 ひろ、 ひろし、 よ、 よし
- Korean:
- yang
Spanish
- océano
- de estilo occidental
- cada una de las dos mitades del mundo
Portuguese
- oceano
- estilo ocidental
French
- océan
- style occidental
| 526 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 427 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 404 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 366 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2550 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 305 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 209 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 822 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 3.4 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 289 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 289 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 917 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1193 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 468 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 292 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 353 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 555 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 17363 | Morohashi |
| 392 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3130 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 549 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 588 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 411 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 348 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 355 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3a6.19 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-6 | SKIP code |
| 3815.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-45-46 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6d0b | Unicode hex code |
Stroke order
Kun reading compounds
- 柊 【ひいらぎ】 holly olive (Osmanthus heterophyllus), false holly, holly, spotnape ponyfish (Leiognathus nuchalis)
- 柊鰯 【ひいらぎいわし】 sardine and holly charm, sardine head and holly branch placed next to the front door during setsubun to ward off demons
- 西洋柊 【せいようひいらぎ】 English holly (Ilex aquifolium)
Readings
- Korean:
- jong
Spanish
- acebo
Portuguese
French
| 2221 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 860 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2105 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 2034 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1119 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 608 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 807 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 14610X | Morohashi |
| 2614 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2485 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2548 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 4a5.24 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-4-5 | SKIP code |
| 4793.3 | Four corner code |
| 1-41-02 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 67ca | Unicode hex code |