西 - Wiktionary, the free dictionary The open-topped form has been interpreted as a bird's nest, possibly related to 栖 (OC *sˤəj) (“to perch; to roost”) The later closed-topped form may be related to 囟 (OC *sənh): in the Zhouyuan oracle-bone inscriptions, 囟 (xìn) is used for 西 (xī)
English translation of 西 ( xi xī ) - west in Chinese 西 ( xi xī ) (English translation: "west") as Chinese character including stroke order, Pinyin phonetic script, pronunciation in Mandarin, example sentence and English meaning