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西
西, meaning " west", may refer to: * Radical 146 in the Kangxi Dictionary system of classifying Chinese characters * Nishi (surname), Japanese surname * Xi (surname), Chinese surname See also * Nishi-ku (other), various districts in Japan * Seo-gu (other), various districts in South Korea * 西山 (other) ("west mountain") *西海 (other) 西海, meaning " west sea", may refer to: In the Chinese reading Xīhǎi: *Xihai Jun, a prefecture of ancient China *Qinghai Lake, one of the Four Seas of China In the Korean reading Seohae, alternatively spelled Sŏhae: * Sohae University ( ... ("west sea") * 西湖 (other) ("west lake") {{Chinese title disambiguation Kyōiku kanji ...
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Nishi (surname)
Nishi (written: 西 lit. "west") is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Nishi Amane (西 周, 1829–1897), philosopher * DF_23_o_..._of_Iwami_ ... (西 周, 1829–1897), philosopher *Haruhiko Nishi (1893–1986), Japanese diplomat *Kanako Nishi">Haruhiko Nishi">DF_23_o_..._of_Iwami_ ... (西 周, 1829–1897), philosopher *Haruhiko Nishi (1893–1986), Japanese diplomat *Kanako Nishi (西 加南子, born 1970), women's racing cyclist *Kanako Nishi (author) (西 加奈子, born 1977), Japanese author *Katsuzō Nishi (西 勝造 1884–1959), technical engineer Japan's first subway project (the Tokyo subway) and Nishi Health System founder *Kazuhiko Nishi (西 和彦, born 1956), Microsoft executive *Kenichi Nishi (born 1967), video game designer *, Japanese actor *Norihiro Nishi (born 1980), football/soccer player *Takeichi Nishi (西 竹一, 1902–1945), Japanese army officer and Olympic gold medalist killed in the Battle of Iwo Jima, son of Nishi Tokujir ...
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Radical 146
Radical 146 or radical west () meaning "" or "west" is one of the 29 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 6 strokes. In the ''Kangxi Dictionary'', there are 29 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical. , a variant form of , is the 126th indexing component in the ''Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components'' predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China, with listed as its associated indexing component. Evolution File:襾-bigseal.svg, Large seal script character File:襾-seal.svg, Small seal script character Derived characters Literature * See also Unihan Database - U+897E {{Simplified Chinese radicals 146 146 may refer to: *146 (number), a natural number *AD 146, a year in the 2nd century AD *146 BC, a year in the 2nd century BC *146 (Antrim Artillery) Corps Engineer Regiment, Royal Engineers See also * List of highways numbered 146 * {{Numbe ... 126 ...
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西海 (other)
西海, meaning " west sea", may refer to: In the Chinese reading Xīhǎi: *Xihai Jun, a prefecture of ancient China *Qinghai Lake, one of the Four Seas of China In the Korean reading Seohae, alternatively spelled Sŏhae: * Sohae University ( 서해대학교/西海大學校) in Gunsan, South Korea *Former name of Hwanghae, one of the Eight Provinces of Korea during the Joseon Dynasty *The Yellow Sea, sometimes also called the West Sea of Korea In the Japanese readings Saikai or Nishiumi: *Saikaidō, a region of ancient Japan *Saikai, Nagasaki (西海市), city in Nagasaki Prefecture *Nishiumi, Ehime was a town located in Minamiuwa District, Ehime Prefecture, Japan. As of 2005, the town had an estimated population of 2787 and a density of 127.79 persons per km². The total area was 21.81 km². On October 1, 2004, Nishiumi, along with the to ...
(西海町), former village in Ehime Prefecture {{chinese title disambiguation ...
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Xi (surname)
__NOTOC__ Xi ( ; ) is the romanization in Pinyin of several different Chinese family names, including: * (; see Chinese Wikipedia article) * (; see Chinese Wikipedia article) * (; see Chinese Wikipedia article) * (; see Chinese Wikipedia article) This is the most common surname romanized "Xi", making up approximately 0.01% of the population of Mainland China. * ( * (; see Chinese Wikipedia article) * (; see Chinese Wikipedia article) Xi is spelled "Hsi" in Wade-Giles. People 奚 It is the 45th name in the ''Hundred Family Surnames'' poem written during the Song dynasty, around 1000 years ago. *Ming Xi (; born 1990), Chinese fashion model *Xi Aihua (; born 1982), Chinese rower *Xi Xiaoming (; born 1954), Chinese judge 席 It is the 133rd name in the ''Hundred Family Surnames'' poem. During the Chu–Han Contention, many people surnamed Ji () changed their surname to Xi () because of naming taboo of Xiang Yu, the Hegemon-King of Western Chu, whose given name was Ji (). *Xi ...
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西山 (other)
西山 is an East Asian name meaning "Western mountain" or "Western mountains". 西山 may refer to: * Xishan (other) (xīshān), the Chinese pinyin transliteration * Nishiyama (other), the Japanese transliteration of native Japanese reading * Seizan, Japanese transliteration of borrowed Chinese reading ** Shōkū, Buddhist monk, also called Seizan ** Seizan is a branch of Jōdo-shū Buddhism that was founded by Hōnen's disciple, Shōkū. Shōkū often went by the name ''Seizan'' as well, however the name derives from the western mountains of Kyoto where Shōkū often dwelt. The main temple of this b ...
, Buddhist sect, named for the monk {{disambig, chinese, geo ...
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Nishi-ku (other)
is a common ward name in many Japanese cities. * Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture * Nishi-ku, Hamamatsu, in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture * Nishi-ku, Hiroshima, in Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture * Nishi-ku, Kōbe, in Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture * Nishi-ku, Kumamoto, in Kumamoto, Kumamoto Prefecture * Nishi-ku, Nagoya, in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture * Nishi-ku, Niigata, in Niigata, Niigata Prefecture * Nishi-ku, Ōsaka, in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture * Nishi-ku, Saitama, in Saitama, Saitama Prefecture * Nishi-ku, Sakai, in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture * Nishi-ku, Sapporo, in Sapporo, Hokkaido Prefecture * Nishi-ku, Yokohama, in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture See also * Western District (other) Western District may refer to: Australia * Australia Felix * Western District (Victoria), Australia ** Western District Lakes Bulgaria * Western district, Plovdiv Canada * Western District, Upper Canada Hong Kong * Sai Wan, Western District (Hon ...
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Seo-gu (other)
Seo-gu (), or "Western District (other), Western District," is the name of a ''gu'' in several South Korean cities: * Seo-gu, Busan * Seo-gu, Daegu * Seo-gu, Daejeon * Seo-gu, Gwangju * Seo-gu, Incheon {{set index Lists of places sharing the same name ...
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西湖 (other)
西湖 (literally "west lake") may refer to: *Saiko (Yamanashi), one of the ''Fuji Five Lakes'', located in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan * West Lake or ''Xī Hú'', a fresh water lake located in central Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China See also *West Lake (other) West Lake is a freshwater lake in Hangzhou, China. West Lake may also refer to: Place names Canada *West Lake, Ontario, a community ** West Lake, a bay of Lake Ontario, and the location of West Lake, Ontario, the community China * Slender West L ...
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West
West or Occident is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from east and is the direction in which the Sunset, Sun sets on the Earth. Etymology The word "west" is a Germanic languages, Germanic word passed into some Romance languages (''ouest'' in French, ''oest'' in Catalan, ''ovest'' in Italian, ''oeste'' in Spanish and Portuguese). As in other languages, the word formation stems from the fact that west is the direction of the setting sun in the evening: 'west' derives from the Indo-European root ''*wes'' reduced from ''*wes-pero'' 'evening, night', cognate with Ancient Greek ἕσπερος Hesperus, hesperos 'evening; evening star; western' and Latin vesper 'evening; west'. Examples of the same formation in other languages include Latin Occident, occidens 'west' from occidō 'to go down, to set' and Hebrew מַעֲרָב maarav 'west' from עֶרֶב erev 'evening'. Navigation To go west using a compass for navigation (in ...
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